Example sentences of "[vb past] on a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They moved on a few steps , again stood together , and wrote , " Angry . |
| 2 | He saw me standing there waiting in the warm light from the cafe and hesitated a second , then walked on a few paces , then stopped and looked back . |
| 3 | Durbeyfield walked on a few steps in a dream , then sat down with his basket . |
| 4 | The foreigner stumbled on a few steps , his brains leaking out around his earphones , and collapsed in a heap . |
| 5 | She skidded on a little way , then side-slipped back towards him . |
| 6 | He was like as close as that and he was really staring and he was n't staring at the road cos as I went on a few feet he stared at the car again . |
| 7 | We went on a few yards , then I held back to let her go ahead of me where the path was narrowest . |
| 8 | With a sigh I went on a few steps further to George 's office and found him as I 'd expected , fully dressed , lightly napping , with worked-on forms pushed to one side beside an empty coffee cup . |
| 9 | The old woman went along a short passage , passed a scullery and continued on a few yards . |
| 10 | I rowed on a few yards and anchored for the sixth time . |
| 11 | So I stayed on a few weeks and erm then I went back to London |