Example sentences of "she [vb past] on [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She grumbled on in this vein as she prepared the food and I ran about as the scullion . |
| 2 | But I , I liked the the first outfit she came on with that sash wrapped round her |
| 3 | She stumbled on in this manner for some time before I talked her into accepting a chair and a cuppa . |
| 4 | She imagined Georg happy and married to some nice girl , while she went on in this gulf of misery for the rest of her life , hanging around waiting for glimpses of Gesner , spending every night reliving every moment they had been together , all the wonderful things he had said to her , the magic of his hands when he touched her — she shivered . |
| 5 | She carried on for another year and then died suddenly from a heart attack . |
| 6 | She carried on at some length , and felt better for it afterwards . |
| 7 | He was in any case eclipsed — they all were — by the presence of Dinah herself , strong and compelling as when she swept on to any stage . |