Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much weakened constitutionally , I passed on to the next stage . |
| 2 | After we 'd agreed the itinerary I got on with the detailed flying planning , using the new French VFR maps and the American TPC ( Tactical Pilotage Charts ) which we bought from Stamfords in London . |
| 3 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
| 4 | I dropped on to the wet doorstep , worn out and hopeless , prepared to die . |
| 5 | They told me they were on holiday today and shyly peeped round great blocks of stone as I climbed on to the hitching post of the sun , the most sacred place in the temple . |
| 6 | I do n't know if it was the Irish temper in me or the Mexican , but I leapt on to the first marine I could reach . |
| 7 | I tried boxing when I was fifteen and won a bout against an opponent who was smaller than me and who normally wore thick glasses ; I went on to the second round of the competition and was beaten flat in thirty seconds by a demon midget who hammered me onto the ropes and kept hitting me until the referee stopped the bout before I suffered permanent damage . |
| 8 | I went on to the next level to see Midnight Run . |
| 9 | I went on about the other woman , how she looked and what she was like in bed . |
| 10 | That was the brief for a one-person project I took on with the late schools council some four years ago . |
| 11 | I carried on at the same point in the book and you did not seem to notice . |
| 12 | Which led on to the obvious conclusion . ’ |
| 13 | She edged tentatively into the lee of the house to hide in a deep shadow and bumped into a broken rainwater pipe which smacked on to the concrete patio . |
| 14 | Hunter 's approach inaugurated a wide-ranging debate about ‘ community power structures ’ between elite theorists and pluralists which rumbled on for the next two decades . |
| 15 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 16 | It is difficult to assess the significance of the various negotiations which went on between the British and the Indians during the early stages of the war . |
| 17 | Then they too died as , too exhausted to fight any further , they were covered by a crust of snow which froze on in the bitter winds . |
| 18 | Viola was beaming benevolently as she read on into the last column . |
| 19 | Even a piece of her mind could cost you dearly if you got on on the wrong side of her . |
| 20 | She passed on to the next sheet . |
| 21 | Once inside , she sank on to the quilted bench opposite the marble vanity and stared at her reflection . |
| 22 | Then with a sigh she sank on to the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , feeling the soft springs of the mattress bounce beneath her weight . |
| 23 | ‘ On whether you came on with the aggressive line you 're using now . ’ |
| 24 | As she turned on to the dual carriageway that ended only a few miles beyond Naas , the rain spat against the windscreen . |
| 25 | Wriggling free , she walked on towards the back door , Feargal following her every step . |
| 26 | She stepped on to the tall boy 's left ankle . |
| 27 | In 1988 , she stepped on to the ministerial ladder as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment , where she took charge of one of Mrs Margaret Thatcher 's pet hates — litter . |
| 28 | She stumbled on to the parched grass , taking in her surroundings . |
| 29 | SHE teetered on to the vast Playhouse stage and into the Pointer Sisters hit I 'm So Excited — and suddenly the audience was too . |
| 30 | Most letters asked for autographs or photographs , some complained of or praised a person interviewed or view expressed , and there was always a sprinkling of old dears short of correspondents who rambled on about the old days . |