Example sentences of "then [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In later stages , cottage and craft industries were moved into factories , which then led on to the development of ‘ machinofacture ’ ( mechanised production ) through technological innovation . |
| 2 | It then goes on to the Shoulder of Mutton Hill , noted for its flower rich grassland . |
| 3 | It then goes on to the village of Colton and the Trent Valley . |
| 4 | The score then goes on to the last musical number in Act 3 , ‘ A thousand thousand ways ’ , which is a song repeated by the chorus . |
| 5 | Possibly well no , cos they , because it then goes on to the rain in heaven , I was going to say , maybe send the rain |
| 6 | Maconie then goes on about the ‘ Fred EP ’ and how the proceeds go to THT . |
| 7 | It is then placed on to the inked drum of a duplicating machine ( Fig. 6.9 ) and the ink is then forced through the cuts in the stencil and the copy is produced on absorbent paper . |
| 8 | I paced the house for an hour or so and then got on to the council office . |
| 9 | Somehow we then got on to the theme of French poetry , and Eliot expressed surprise at one of Herbert Read 's recent pronouncements on Laforgue and another nineteenth-century poet I can not recall and about whom at the time I knew too little to be able to arrive at an opinion . |
| 10 | The lift halted at the twelfth floor for the girls to get out , then whispered on towards the fifteenth . |
| 11 | The normal formula is ‘ it seemed good to the Council and People ’ , indicating that the decree had been prepared for the Assembly ( ‘ the people ’ ) by the Council , and was then voted on by the Assembly . |
| 12 | It would roll around on the carpet , then leap on to the piano and then on to the pianist 's lap , where it would start licking the hands that played the magic notes . |
| 13 | The remainder deflected downwards into the rear pressurised compartment , went straight through the conduit carrying the cables to the lower rear turret , then carried on into the rear gunner 's position , perforating the hatch and embedding itself in the lagging on the armour plating at the rear of the position . |
| 14 | They were checked again then carried on over the drawbridge and through the gate . |
| 15 | She comes back across the room , punches me playfully in the chest , then flops on to the sofa . |
| 16 | As a mere formality , Minton , like others , was then reappointed on to the staff . |
| 17 | We then moved on to the spiralling property prices in Oxford , the purchase price of the Parsons ' house compared to its current estimated value , the solicitor 's recent attic conversion , and so on and so forth . |
| 18 | It found an eddy where the outpouring of a supply conduit splashed steadily , and it swung , steadied , and then moved on into the gloom . |
| 19 | He enveloped her mouth in one last , languid taking , then rolled on to the pillow beside her . |
| 20 | Your vessel then heads on to the wonderful wine town of Rüdesheim , arriving around 6.30pm . |
| 21 | FURTHER intelligence about the amazing Mr Humphrey Berkeley , who left the Conservative Party after bequeathing it an elective system for choosing its leaders , joined Labour , then moved on to the SDP , only to resign from it , too . |
| 22 | He dusted it a little , to marvel better , and then moved on to the glass coffin . |
| 23 | ‘ Water Babies ’ featured Linda Frew and June Milligan feeding our sea-lions , and starred the new baby sea-lion ; and then moved on to the young penguins next door . |
| 24 | The service 's interest began with his trade with Russia , then moved on to the Iran-Iraq war and the build-up to the Gulf crisis . |
| 25 | Ace checked his in turn and then moved on to the other team members . |
| 26 | Captain Swan was the trainer on that occasion and Charlie then moved on to the Kevin Prendergast yard where he had to give up Flat racing because of a sharp rise in his weight following an accident . |
| 27 | The interview then moved on to the consideration of the Head of Department 's departmental work , but kept drifting back to his ambition for wider experience . |
| 28 | Tony came back and handed her a tall glass of iced Pimm 's filled with fruit , then flopped on to the sun-lounger beside her , smiling in his uncomplicated way . |
| 29 | Luke shouted up to Anna that he would take Flora in , and then walk on to the sixth-form college . |
| 30 | Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye . |