Example sentences of "she [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it comes to her imagined transcriptions of Jip 's diary , she goes on in the same descriptive vein for a paragraph , then stops herself with an abrupt exclamation of ‘ No , he would n't say all that ’ ( 54 ) , whereupon she starts again in more concise fashion . |
| 2 | Viola was beaming benevolently as she read on into the last column . |
| 3 | She read on to the story of holidays at Blackpool and Filey , a trip to London , and the gradually expanding horizons which writing brought to Walter . |
| 4 | Deliberately she pushed the letter to the bottom of the pile , to save it for later while she got on with the work which awaited . |
| 5 | And she rode on down the path into the teeth of the arrogant crowd who had blackballed John 's and her application for membership . |
| 6 | But she clung on to the post , her body sinking to the floor , oblivious to the groans that issued from her own throat , and the words that formed on her lips . |
| 7 | She passed on to the next sheet . |
| 8 | She passed on up the street liking and not being detained by the people there and reached her house . |
| 9 | She peered on to the stage , but they were n't there . |
| 10 | Smiling as she surveyed the posters on the walls of the twins ' bedroom — obviously Peter Rabbit was still popular here in New York ! — she moved on to the much larger main bedroom . |
| 11 | ‘ About half-an-hour before Paris , ’ she answered , and he was relieved when she moved on down the aisle . |
| 12 | Holding her tray high , she moved on down the passageway . |
| 13 | She fastened on to the person whose house it was like the Old Man of the Sea in ‘ Sinbad the Sailor ’ . ’ |
| 14 | Another friend puts all her bits and pieces like grooming brushes and fly repellent in an old door manger , which she fastened on to the door . |
| 15 | She sank on to the bed and closed her eyes , ideas racing through her mind . |
| 16 | And suddenly he had a maenad in his arms , fighting him , screaming , striking at him , the tears running down her face which fear had made unrecognisable , pushing him away , and when he let her go , for very decency 's sake , because he saw no way to calm her unless he did , she sank on to the sofa , still sobbing and crying , her face hidden in a cushion , her whole body heaving and shaking . |
| 17 | Then with a sigh she sank on to the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , feeling the soft springs of the mattress bounce beneath her weight . |
| 18 | Feeling Paul 's desolation keenly , she sank on to the settee , gazing at the closed door . |
| 19 | Once inside , she sank on to the quilted bench opposite the marble vanity and stared at her reflection . |
| 20 | There 'd be no happy ending to this story of the handsome prince and the beautiful princess , she thought as she sank on to the bed . |
| 21 | ‘ You need your eyes tested , ’ she said to herself finally as she trudged on up the steps , the melting ice-creams dripping all over her fingers . |
| 22 | She tried to cheer up as she drove on to the ferry because — having caved in instantly and completely when Cara had asked ‘ Would you let me down — now ? ’ she had ensured that Cara could fly to Barney certain of one thing , if nothing else : that , her word given , she would not let her down . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm going to cry until I 'm ill ! ’ and she dropped on to the floor , her shoulders shaking and the tears rolling down her face . |
| 24 | And , as she climbed on to the train , she was glad she was going home . |
| 25 | As she turned on to the dual carriageway that ended only a few miles beyond Naas , the rain spat against the windscreen . |
| 26 | She hung on to the end of her nose , desperately killing the sneeze , but it refused to die . |
| 27 | She hung on to the ground , waiting . |
| 28 | She hung on to the towelling and the scissors , and then looked around the dismal room to find a clean surface on which she could put them . |
| 29 | She plonked on to the settee and it groaned in protest . |
| 30 | She walked on to the Fourniers ' house , dragging every step . |