Example sentences of "[pers pn] go on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 During the 1980s , there has been a marked decline in the proportion of secondary students who gain the Sudan School Certificate which enables them to go on to higher education or enter the civil service .
2 The next night I went on without Dutch courage and flattened a drunken heckler with a couple of speedy put-downs that came from nowhere ( 't was I , your valiant defence mechanism again ) and a new career was born .
3 But I went on to bigger clubs . ’
4 ‘ Anyway , when I went on to high school , I moved over to '70s American stuff — Television , The dB 's , Richard Hell And The Voidoids , Alex Chilton and Big Star .
5 I went on in this fashion for some while .
6 Had I gone on with this research at the depth which I had in view I would undoubtedly have used a far more informal interview and , having chosen possible points of difference , I would have introduced these in the interviews and let the informants develop the themes themselves .
7 She goes on in formulaic terms : ( " He [ my husband ] loves me and I love him well ; our love is as true as steel " )
8 They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope .
9 And you went on to these chairs and you went through a , a scenic part which showed you the roads of the future .
10 ‘ If you go on in this way , half the camp will be out of bounds before long ’
11 She went on to 16th place , the winner being Josefa Idem of Italy .
12 She imagined Georg happy and married to some nice girl , while she went on in this gulf of misery for the rest of her life , hanging around waiting for glimpses of Gesner , spending every night reliving every moment they had been together , all the wonderful things he had said to her , the magic of his hands when he touched her — she shivered .
13 But the more we go on with this type of service , this soft praying and quiet singing , and not ringing the bell or catching the Spirit , the more we realize that we ai n't solving the problem .
14 But a fair number of them went on to greater things .
15 The staff were young , enthusiastic and of high quality — many of them went on to high positions .
16 ‘ The one you 've just done in Cheltenham ? ’ she asked , catching Cara 's excitement as she waited expectantly for her to go on with more details .
17 Instead , they go on to other activities such as cricket , tennis or snooker .
18 ‘ Once they gain confidence in communicating they go on to other courses . ’
19 A regular exhibitor at the event he is president for the 22nd annual show and will also be showing his pedigree Wiltshire Horn Sheep as a preliminary run before they go on to next month 's Royal Show , at Stoneleigh .
20 They went on for three hours before she fell asleep , exhausted but more relaxed than since her husband died .
21 They went on for some way in silence .
22 But when the boys became seven they they went on to this school on the green .
23 So they went on with great difficulty .
24 They went on with this banter as they drove down the hill and along the road to the beach .
25 They went on in this vein for several minutes while Ganem , occasionally shaking his head in disgust , tried to continue his conversation with Coleman .
26 It goes on at some length to persuade people not to climb up this waterfall and muck about in it .
27 There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship .
28 ‘ The men wo n't come in 'ere if they 're on strike , ‘ specially if it goes on fer any length of time .
29 It goes on in more detail but that is the basis of it .
30 Let's hope he goes on to greater things .
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