Example sentences of "and [vb -s] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th . |
| 2 | And it goes out in a blaze of colour — a spectacular firework display which starts at 6.45pm and goes on into the night . |
| 3 | Perhaps it is repetitive , but not for the sake of repetition , as each phrase carries a different emphasis and builds on to the prior phase for effect . |
| 4 | So my suggestion and this is only a suggestion , the beards which in the past have been interpreted as a kind of erm epigrammatic signal , in other words a kind of erm sign on the face of the male as they 're deceived , my guess is that , th that beards may actually have evolved to protect the throat because erm the critical thing in , in killing somebody is to block the , the windpipe and that 's and in fact even , even lions do this , you saw in the film when a lion kills an antelope or something , he does n't go to all the trouble of making horrible gashes , he grabs the , the windpipe and holds on until the antelope or whatever it is is just er |
| 5 | It is an archaic situation , and lives on in the unconscious of people today , and may emerge in a random group situation , and is in any case present unconsciously and affects the action of people in groups . |
| 6 | Nearby , the siren of an ambulance cries like a mad baby , its pitch rising as it passes us and heads on down the street . |
| 7 | Oak woodland covers the next stretch of hillside on the right and leads on to the Forestry Commission conifer forest . |
| 8 | This begins with the concept of interrupts introduced in 1.2 , and leads on to the idea of interconnecting a number of processors . |
| 9 | Later came the task of packing the barbecue and hampers on to the trailer which also carried the rafts , and while Silas and Matt stored smaller items away the two raft guides used pails and mops to wash over the floor with hot water . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , ’ say City fans of the way it quietly concentrates on its local patch and gets on with the job . |
| 11 | I need more people like my detective sergeant who rolls his sleeves up and gets on with the job . ’ |
| 12 | As is normal in an installation for a review , I chose to accept the default ‘ complete ’ installation , that simply prompts you for your serial number ( and did n't accept the original V1.0 serial number that was already on the system ) and gets on with the job of copying everything over . |
| 13 | He has no intention of following Esau to Seir , as he reveals when he leaves his brother and travels on towards the west . |
| 14 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 15 | Taking you through garden planting step-by-step , Nigel starts by planting the backbone of the garden , and moves on to the star performers that take the stage just once a year . |
| 16 | Lear is evidently pleased with what Goneril has said , since he awards her a rich part of England , and moves on to the second movement , where again two daughters speak . |
| 17 | An exhibition of twenty-five large , brightly coloured abstract canvases created by veteran Op Art painter , Bridget Riley , during the last ten years opened at the Hayward Gallery in the middle of last month ( to 6 December ) and moves on to the Ikon Gallery , Birmingham ( 16 January-20 February 1993 ) . |
| 18 | The historical development which the exhibition unfolds is one which begins with the female nude masquerading as history and moves on to the abandoning of these supplementary narratives in favour of the representation of the body for its own sake , for its intrinsic formal qualities and expressive potential . |
| 19 | Tom turns his head in embarrassment and has it explained to him that his regular caddie has gone back to Orville Moody , and I 'm his new one , so he says , ‘ OK ’ , and walks on to the first tee . |
| 20 | The Nene rises one mile west of Badby and flows on through the County , passing Peterborough and on to the Wash , 110 miles away . |
| 21 | So the ancient species , encountering no change , makes no change and plods on across the millennia , generation after generation , an ultra-conservative . |
| 22 | Imagination contracted the distance and made it surprising to fall for so long , and then he was tearing through dogwood and elder bushes and tumbling in a shower of twigs and leaves on to the ground . |
| 23 | You start to move and he comes he gives you a horn warning swerves around and carries on up the road . |