Example sentences of "[vb past] on in the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present interior dates from 1852 when it was used by Emperor Ferdinand the Gracious , the last king of Bohemia who abdicated in 1848 in favour of his nephew but who lived on in the castle until his death , in 1875 . |
| 2 | Form criticism examines the way in which the traditions of Jesus were preserved and handed on in the time before the writing of the Gospels . |
| 3 | I drank three pints of water and then eased the wheelbarrow backwards onto firm ground and trundled on in the certainty of my safety . |
| 4 | For as I say , as I motored on in the sunshine towards the Berkshire border , I continued to be surprised by the familiarity of the country around me . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't believe I am being blamed for a fight that went on in the stand behind us , and I hope video evidence will clearly back me up . ’ |
| 6 | Harry , for his part , exchanged a knowing smile with Papaioannou , then went on in the direction of the village . |
| 7 | My hon. Friend draws attention to the fact that there is considerable maladministration among Labour councils , as witness the discovery of what went on in the council of Brent when it was under Labour control . |
| 8 | Still , it would be hard to deny that in , say , 1875 what went on in the university of Kazan and Kiev was more significant than what went on in Yale and Princeton . |
| 9 | True Confessions in 1981 was an attempt at getting my stage nerve back after a disastrous premature version of Blood and Ice , my first try at a real play , went on in the studio of the Belgrade Theatre , Coventry ( ‘ I 'd rather be at the dentist — Birmingham Evening News ’ ) . |
| 10 | So er er th th there were some er quite substantial er discussions and debates which er which er which went on in the family over the years of course . |
| 11 | This is made clear from the start by the tale which Beatrice tells Catherine of a boy who betrayed his uncle — illegally hidden in his family 's house — and who was dragged by his feet down flights of stairs and spat on in the street by his father and brothers as a result . |
| 12 | He received his education at Donaldson 's School for the Deaf in Edinburgh and stayed on in the capacity of pupil-teacher as the only deaf member of staff . |
| 13 | Smythson stayed on in the service of the Willoughby family , and was employed by them on administrative and financial business , as well as as a surveyor . |
| 14 | After his retirement in 1944 Normand stayed on in the department as officer on special duty for maintaining liaison with military organizations . |