Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] on in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She meant to get on in the world . |
| 2 | ‘ In no way will there be enough teams left to carry on in the age groups concerned . |
| 3 | The object in question was Franca 's divan bed , the one she had slept on in the upstairs spare room when she had been looking after Patrick . |
| 4 | This was not the moment to tell Ingrid to strain less in her upper registers , or to remind Luiza to allow plenty of time when she had to walk on in the ball scene . |
| 5 | By now , the case of Sumner v. Virgin had dragged on in the law courts for eleven days , with the two parties holding each other up in the centre of the ring like panting heavyweights , while the legal fees gushed forth like blood from the wounds . |
| 6 | These were Allen 's and Marian 's guesses as to what had gone on in the darkness but the rest of the story of those two hours before dawn was easily pieced together from Tom All Alone 's account . |
| 7 | They each had totally different stories , totally different perceptions of what had gone on in the meetings . |