Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Caribbean lapped on to the deserted palm-fringed beach just beyond . |
| 2 | Ultimately Childebert and Guntram patched up their quarrel , and Chilperic moved on to the defensive , only to be murdered at Chelles in 584 . |
| 3 | Rocky came on in the 60th minute but could not affect the game . |
| 4 | I am well aware of the anxiety of people in Plymouth to get on with the whole business of the release and development of Ministry of Defence land . |
| 5 | United 's best chance of the half came just a minute later ; Martin Foyle ran on to the perfect Paul Simpson through ball , he actually got past goal keeper Andy Gosney but he was forced just a little bit wide . |
| 6 | ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’ |
| 7 | Sterland came on for the last half-hour of this week 's 3-0 reserve team win over Manchester City at Maine Road , and yesterday declared : ‘ It went brilliantly . |
| 8 | Sebastian went on in the same vein for quite some minutes . |
| 9 | Gascoigne took it , John Barnes flicked on at the near post and Platt arrived behind him to head in his 13th England goal . |
| 10 | There 's more anxious watching and waiting in the run-up to Chelsea going on behind the quiet facade of this house in the village of Wingrave in Buckinghamshire . |
| 11 | Setting men to guard both , Douglas and Ramsay moved on into the outer bailey , hardly able to believe their good fortune thus far . |
| 12 | A Democrat , unlike his famous cousin , the Republican ex-President Theodore Roosevelt , Franklin moved on to the national political scene as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in Woodrow Wilson 's administration in 1913 . |
| 13 | Memphis signed on for the subsequent tour and expanded the exhibition , featuring the Rameses Colossus in the 1987 showing in the Memphis Cook Convention Center . |
| 14 | Then Stephen walked on towards the open French windows , and Kate walked beside him . |
| 15 | Not since Harold Wilson prattled on about the white heat of the technological revolution — or some similar meaningless platitude — and launched Concorde , has there been so much talk about innovation and our intellectual heritage . |
| 16 | Having introduced us to the widely ranging Cichlasoma family , and given ideas of how to keep them , our three cichlid experts , JEFF CHALLANDS , MARTIN CHANDLER AND PHIL ROBINSON move on to the nitty-gritty of tanks and equipment . |
| 17 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 18 | European Alexandria lingers on in the Italianate architecture , the long lines of balconies along the seafront , in the old shop signs in French and Arabic , in the Greek cafes like Trianon 's and Pastroudis with their air of idleness and neglect , and in old-fashioned pensions like the Hotel Normandie . |
| 19 | Willie clutched on to the long wooden seat and , as they jolted over the rough cobbled road , his eyelids drooped and he became drowsy . |
| 20 | At the top , Jarvis jumped on to the down escalator but the gang had disappeared into a train coming in opportunely and their victim stood weeping , holding her bleeding earlobes . |
| 21 | For example , Pete Coleman had to carry a shooting-stick for Greg Norman to sit on in the 1982 Australian Open , and in Zambia a caddie I saw on my Safari Tour travels carried an extra that could have proved an even bigger life-saver than the carrots that are pulled out of the bag by Sam Torrance 's caddie Malcolm Mason ( the carrots are supposed to calm Sam down on the greens ) : the Zambian caddie was carrying President Kaunda 's bag in a pro-am , and surreptitiously tucked away was a gun , just in case somebody tried to assassinate the golfing president while he decided on a four- or a five-iron . |
| 22 | Even if Hanson holds on to the British end of the ARC operation , it still has a long list of ConsGold assets to offload including : |
| 23 | So Benn scraped on in the seventh of seven places . |
| 24 | Huy held on to the thin throat until the face above it turned blue and tears appeared . |
| 25 | Yes , and an astute decision by Milton 's manager , Keith Stocks , saw substitute Brian Marlan brought on in the sixty eighth minute and two minutes later he was all smiles as he headed home Nigel Mott 's cross to break the deadlock . |
| 26 | At sixteen , Coleby left school with two ‘ O ’ levels , while Peter went on to the sixth form . |
| 27 | The miracle is that Britain held on to the bloody Empire for so long . |
| 28 | Swindon march on towards the Premier league . |
| 29 | ‘ We were sent upstairs to address envelopes as ‘ the girls ’ ‘ , she recalls , ‘ while Clive got on with the serious business of deciding about the paper . |
| 30 | Happened a lot with Cantona too — the famous Chelsea goal came shortly after Cantona came on in the 8 ? th minute . |