Example sentences of "she went on " in BNC.

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1 She said it was tragic because of Kezia , and the way she went on you 'd have thought it was all my fault .
2 She went on the skiing holiday he had paid for and accepted his excuse about his daughter 's measles without a moment 's hesitation .
3 I mean , Kylie Minogue in a wheelchair would not be Kylie Minogue , because if she went on ‘ Top of the Pops ’ it would be : ‘ Here 's tragic Kylie , here 's a scene from her hospital bed ’ , then she 'd sink into never-never land — bye-bye .
4 From there she went on a punishing schedule of visits to the US , Scandinavia and Japan before returning to Australia , which still remains very much her home .
5 She dragged the heavy tome along with her when she went on tour to Japan to give her plenty of bed time reading on her favourite subject .
6 She went on the ground and I picked her up and a couple of fellows came along , saying , ‘ Do you want any help , officer ? ’
7 After her mother died she went on many trips abroad with him .
8 The man had to have great financial resources and staying power to follow the Girl if she went on tour .
9 And then , cheered by this welcome from her mighty friend , she went on her way .
10 She discovered that Ella had a sister at Staines , and on the rare occasions she visited her she went on the railway .
11 But the temptation of a listening ear seemed to overcome her scruples and she went on more furtively :
12 She went on record to reassure parents that no children were taken with a revenge motive .
13 She gave no outward signs of her problems when she went on a walkabout .
14 [ Christine Jardine spotted the following article in the magazine of Landsdowne Baptist Church , Bournemouth , where she went on holiday — it is used by permission ]
15 She went on deputation to North America .
16 Nicknamed The Shopper by friends , she went on a recent shopping spree for antiques and furniture .
17 She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad .
18 The study skills she had learnt were certainly of value — six weeks before she went on her first overseas assignment her company put her through a crash course in Greek !
19 After leaving school at sixteen , she went on a government course , painting and decorating , but after it finished she was unemployed .
20 She went on a school trip to Tuscany and saw many of the pictures she had known for so long .
21 She went on gay-rights marches — although , as far as anyone knew , she was heterosexual — and was wont to punch the air with her fist at moments which seemed to call for affirmation or triumph .
22 So I phoned her last Nancy phoned me last Friday afternoon before she went on holiday to tell me , and I phoned I was n't sure whether just to sort of play it low key or then I thought , Well I know I really should just give here a wee ring .
23 Between June 1913 and June 1914 she went on ten hunger and thirst strikes .
24 She went on board .
25 She was thinking , as she went on her errand , less of the Rose-Dora-Dieter triangle than of Iris and her hapless devotion to Philippe Bonard .
26 But one day she asked if she could stay out the whole day , and away she went on her little pony , with her two dogs running behind .
27 Quite often she went on visits with Maman — shoots , race meetings , perhaps a ball or two , that kind of thing .
28 She went on her way to bed without pausing for the goodnight kiss that he had forgotten .
29 No , she went on a Commonwealth tour , but it was in South Africa that she had her new success , and she stayed on there .
30 Her voice faltered for a moment , then she went on more strongly , ‘ Elise died in an accident .
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