Example sentences of "[vb past] on [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The white Straker family had long disappeared , their genes and blood melded into the vigorous bodies of their freed slaves , and only the Straker name lived on to be given new dignity by Bonefish and his family . |
| 2 | Regis equalled Christie 's 20.09sec British record as he clung on to be second behind America 's Mike Marsh . |
| 3 | The man who offered this piece of advice turned out to be Lord Cole , who was chairman of Unilever at the time and went on to be chairman of Rolls-Royce and several other major companies . |
| 4 | All the others went on to be priests . |
| 5 | ‘ They all went on to be priests and then the Troubles started and I left too . |
| 6 | Later he became the New Yorker 's music critic and went on to be music editor of the Listener . |
| 7 | Around him clustered lively and innovatory young administrators , many of whom went on to be Directors of Education themselves — including Alan Chorlton , who spoke to me on the stairs after being totally silent throughout my Banbury interview . |
| 8 | It had a big name in athletics and some of our boys went on to be students there , so the reputation of Henry Compton was high in the field of sport . |
| 9 | Peter Morgan himself went on to be a waiter in London 's foremost hotels . |
| 10 | After Black Sheep , Paul went on to be involved with Racer X , and so on , but yeah , I 've been taking care of his gear for many years now … ’ |
| 11 | The boy went on to be fully grown , |
| 12 | They identified the internal management of local authorities as an important factor in attracting arid retaining councillors and officers of sufficient calibre and went on to be very critical of the existing system . |
| 13 | Andrew of Moray died of wounds received during the battle , but Wallace went on to be proclaimed Guardian of Scotland , and was given the accolade of knighthood by dignitaries still claiming , like himself , to represent the absent Balliol . |
| 14 | The team leader and his fourth dealer went on to be stockbrokers . |
| 15 | Fortunately she had the better 5th time and went on to be our first finalist for several years while Wood of Australia in the other semi not only lost her final place but also her Olympic spot . |
| 16 | Councillors erm went on to be mayor and erm we even had one as went on to be erm MP you see . |
| 17 | Councillors erm went on to be mayor and erm we even had one as went on to be erm MP you see . |
| 18 | The shop was our shop definitely and then we got a chappie who went on to be a councillor . |
| 19 | She was a local farmer 's wife and she went on to be our first member of Parliament and me brother was helping her and mum and dad , you see , was working for the , we , we got the house as a committee room and all , all the and I can remember going with mother , we had , we had a Co-op paper or it was Co-op orientated I 'm sure news and I can remembering canvassing Walsall Wood with me mother , well I ca n't see my Guild members doing that . |
| 20 | But then I , I went on to be secretary and more or less you 're loner again in another office . |
| 21 | In 1927 he joined the Portland Cement Company , who denied him car-racing rights but went on to be a sponsor for Golden Arrow . |
| 22 | Canned Draught Guinness , selected to represent Ireland at the SIAL ( Salon International de l'Alimentation ) exhibition in Paris , went on to be selected as the overall international winner in the alcoholic drinks category . |