Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then she saw that there was a narrow , open doorway in the wall opposite her , which opened on to another chamber . |
| 2 | Modern critics were not good at Anglo-Saxon echoes , especially at ones which hung on into modern times in phrases like ‘ mock ’ and ‘ make ’ , ‘ chance ’ and ‘ choice ’ , ‘ bullet ’ and ‘ billet ’ , all mentioned already in this study . |
| 3 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
| 4 | This movement , which went on for some time , gave Franca ( and Ludens agreed with her later ) the sense that Marcus was actually creating Patrick . |
| 5 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 6 | Sussex 's most remarkable Saxon church , Sompting , illustrates well the process of extension and adaptation which went on over several centuries , and particularly as South Saxon society reached its peak before Norman infiltration . |
| 7 | In order to house his family the King had divided up many of the larger rooms , and the different floors had been connected by narrow spiral staircases which gave on to gloomy corridors badly lit by oil lamps . |
| 8 | That did not settle the matter , which ran on for eight years more , long after Ramsey left the diocese of Durham . |
| 9 | The result was controversy between Vienna and St Petersburg which dragged on for two decades . |
| 10 | Yet whatever went on in that race , Kelly was certain that Short was a part of it . |
| 11 | One ‘ unofficial ’ source told me ‘ the club did nt mind what went on with young Ryan on away trips — after all they were roommates and what roommates do — well they do at this club anyway — but Sir Matt 's dog ! |
| 12 | But of course there had been no communication between her aunt and Silas for three years , therefore she was unlikely to be aware of what went on at this back-blocks property . |
| 13 | His eyes were on the numerous doors lining the corridor , and he could n't help wondering what went on behind those doors . |
| 14 | When I think of what went on in eastern Europe , and in fascist Europe before the war , when I was younger , I am glad that we have a free press . |
| 15 | We know very little of what went on in these places , from either archaeological or historical evidence , but R. H. Britnell has suggested that most markets were ‘ closely related to the growth of local trade between food producers , craftsmen and tradesmen ’ . |