Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Viola was beaming benevolently as she read on into the last column . |
2 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
3 | Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
4 | Sterland came on for the last half-hour of this week 's 3-0 reserve team win over Manchester City at Maine Road , and yesterday declared : ‘ It went brilliantly . |
5 | Going on to the last lap Dunlop had matters well in hand but further down the field behind McCallen there was drama when Alan Patterson , who had been in third place and going well , suddenly shot through the final bend and took the wrong road for the second time today losing his chance of a place . |
6 | We 've actually had a recycling paper project going on over the last couple of months , which made paper out of shredded newsprint and then made Christmas cards out of them . |
7 | What 's sort of going on since the last time I interviewed you . |
8 | He 'd seen a bit of that kind of thing going on in the last hospital he was in . |
9 | Right , let's move on to the last session , where we 're going to be looking at the rate books . |
10 | The arguments over who he should drive for went on until the last minute when it was decided that Clark should make the fateful trip to Germany . |
11 | It would have been customary to allow the animal its own head , and to hold on to the last truck , or hitch a lift by hanging onto the end . |
12 | But the task of clearing hundreds of tips was too much for them to take on at the last minute . |
13 | Following on from the last administration , the Conservative proposals and that it would enable something like four hundred and fifty extra nursery places to be provided . |
14 | And that things would tend to drag on to the last minute and then they would start and then it would it go forward . |
15 | I smiled understanding and held on to the last wedge of the broken window , catching glimpses of the brown Yucay River snaking its way between the terraced hills . |