Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on [prep] [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fighting went on in New France for another twelve months , but after the fall of Quebec this was more a matter of moving forces over long distances than of confronting threats that the French might retrieve their position . |
| 2 | So far he and his foreign minister , Mr Hans-Dietrich Genscher , have stuck nobly to the view that Germany should remain a member of NATO , with some ( no doubt far fewer ) NATO troops staying on in what is now West Germany and with enough Soviet troops staying on in eastern Germany for a while to make the Russians feel better about it . |
| 3 | The accountants carried on until 21 February 1990 . |
| 4 | His wife Hannah lived on until 24 February 1778 . |
| 5 | As Blanche and Russell chatted on about some Woody Allen film , Dexter let his eyes glaze over . |