Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] on [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These same authors went on to compare the effects of homoeopathic potencies on the wheat seedlings with those on cultures of yeast , and obtained very similar results . |
| 2 | Parties went on to mark the path and generally prepare the way , besides watching out for foxes . |
| 3 | Abkhazian troops went on to take the villages of Gantiadi and Leselidze on Oct. 6 , thus establishing control over the whole of northern Abkhazia , from the capital Sukhumi to the border with Russia . |
| 4 | But Briers stayed on to mastermind the Leicester run-chase with a battling 88 . |
| 5 | This group of researchers went on to compare the effect of extended sleep with reduced sleep ( 5 hours ) , and with displaced sleep , when subjects slept from either 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. or 3 a.m. to 11 a.m . |
| 6 | London Irish thought they 'd scored a try here … the ref tho rightly gave a knock on … and the cherry and whites rolled on to take the lead with a penalty from Martin Roberts … another penalty apiece made it six three to Gloucester at half-time … but they deserved more … the forwards were fired up but so too was the exiles defence which took a fair old hammering … the turning point came at the start of the second half when referee David Matthews awarded Gloucester a penalty try … |
| 7 | He was in charge of the resupply of the English forces during the 1589 Portuguese expedition , and he and his supply ships went on to sack the island of Porto Santo . |
| 8 | Sludds held on to take the title he last won in 1984 by three shots , and a cheque for £10,000 . |
| 9 | As Rosalind Rosenberg has pointed out , arguments based on female uniqueness paradoxically ‘ provided the biological affirmation that anti-feminists needed to oppose change and that feminists relied on to defuse the threat of change ’ . |
| 10 | Railways went on to defeat the Rest of India at Calcutta . |