Example sentences of "[vb past] on [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bitterly disappointed , Harrison abandoned medical reform , but his ideas lived on to provide a solid basis for future important developments , which culminated in the Medical Act of 1858 . |
| 2 | Marcus , limply , but for a perfectly decent period , took it as it was offered , and then moved on to lay a cold cheek against his mother 's . |
| 3 | With only ninepence in their pockets , they founded an old boys ' association that went on to include a thriving club ( albeit minus clubhouse ) , a sports field and four football teams competing in the Zingari and Old Boys Associations ' leagues . |
| 4 | As far as I know , she went on to live a long life , enjoyed the notoriety , and used it to advantage in the family business , exploiting rumours of her Evil Eye to scare off creditors , and to get the best out of every bargain . ’ |
| 5 | She went on to take a social science course and to train for general nursing . |
| 6 | I stopped listening as he went on to describe a naval ceremony . |
| 7 | Always in the leading group , McMahon pushed to the front before the last where he was challenged by the favourite Over the Edge , but keeping his mount perfectly balanced and running as straight as a gun barrel , McMahon found something left in the ‘ Tank ’ and went on to score a snug success . |
| 8 | Partial calm was restored when the prisoners were released during the afternoon , but representatives of the Majlis continued to demand that those responsible for the attack be found and punished , and went on to declare a general mobilization of Crimean Tatars . |
| 9 | The Yankees went on to assemble an unequalled record of 22 World Series victories ; generations of Sox fans have not a single one to cherish . |
| 10 | We went on to do a good matinée performance and came off to thunderous applause and whistles of appreciation . |
| 11 | He still went on to do an enormous lob over Coton 's head , and what seemed like half an hour later the ball sneaked itself over the line . |
| 12 | Mr Calfa went on to outline an economic programme which would be operational until free elections can be held . |
| 13 | Reshevsky went on to lose an interzonal play-off for the World Championship in 1964 and was beaten again in the quarter-finals four years later . |
| 14 | The first multiparty general election since 1959 was held on May 12 , 1991 , and resulted in a victory for the Nepali Congress Party which went on to form a new government under Girija Prasad Koirala . |
| 15 | The fresh and crispies went on to receive a great deal more acclaim than The Chorus who were hardly noticed , even within their hometown . |
| 16 | He went on to give a detailed account of the finances of the infirmary . |
| 17 | Gorbachev went on to give an emphatic answer in his keynote address to calls heard from both ends of the political spectrum for his resignation not just from the party leadership , but also from the presidency . |
| 18 | Later Tappert went on to use a loose segmentation method to cut script into sub-strokes in regions identified as possible ligatures ( Tappert , 1988 ) . |
| 19 | The kid brother went on to make a moderate fortune doing the same with golf balls and golf clubs . |
| 20 | ‘ In the House of Lords he went on to make an outstanding contribution on Labour 's front-bench . |
| 21 | Its opening track , the self-assertive rap ‘ Sassy ’ , for instance is a pairing with Guru and DJ Premier of Gang Starr , who went on to contribute a second track . |
| 22 | Canon Tydeman went on to offer an alternative interpretation of JAH-BUL-ON . |
| 23 | She went on to catalogue a long history of disasters : from her mother dying when she was six years old , through to the latest traumas of seeing her cat killed by a car and being made redundant . |
| 24 | The PWA went on to achieve an impressive record in building schools , civic buildings and hospitals , but more rapid and extensive programmes of public works were required to provide relief for the millions who remained unemployed . |
| 25 | His tank had been in an encounter with a German howitzer and he had been badly burnt , his face , hands and arms requiring extensive plastic surgery , although he went on to run a preparatory school in Sussex . |
| 26 | Royal Athlete later went on to run a cracking race into third in the Cheltenham Gold Cup and must have a marvellous chance at the weights . |
| 27 | Mayers then went on to add a first pitch ( ! ) to the line by climbing the left hand section of Right Wall between Cenotaph Corner and Lord of the Flies . |
| 28 | On retirement from the army he went on to have a succesful career in business . |
| 29 | The young Mary Pickford went into the industry as the Progressive phase approached its zenith , and for Griffith she played criminals and prostitutes ; she went on to portray a whole variety of poor hard-done-by girls , many of them immigrants , many of them immoral or pregnant , before in 1916 she played a factory worker in the most memorably titled of all the films of this era The Eternal Grind . |
| 30 | The letters dated 25th May and 6th June were fully endorsed by the most recent meeting of the Forum which went on to pass a detailed resolution which is referred to in the press release . |