Example sentences of "[vb past] on as a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When he got on as a substitute against Sweden he was first class ; in Albania he was one of our best players . ’
2 If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on .
3 He came on as a substitute against Monaghan in the provincial semi-final and played well , but a place in the final starting line-up still eluded him .
4 ‘ I think he also came on as a substitute in a first team friendly against the New Zealand national team .
5 ‘ I think he also came on as a substitute in a first-team friendly against the New Zealand national team .
6 Dan Jackart , the other capped prop , went off with a damaged shoulder in the first half against North Harbour but came on as a replacement for Szabo .
7 He took small parts in ballets by Ashton ( a courtier at the ball in the premiere of Cinderella , one of the revellers in the cave scene of Apparitions ) and de Valois ( Checkmate , Don Quixote and Job ) , walked on as a pall-bearer in Helpmann 's Hamlet , and appeared in the classics , where his most prominent parts were a mazurka dancer in Swan Lake and a marquess in the hunting scene of The Sleeping Beauty .
8 Beecroft , however , stayed on as a partner in the firm of Dillon , Tennant & Co. , which took over the shore establishments .
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