Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb past] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gone are the days when professionals left the business of fees , commissions , variation charges , reimbursables and the rest to underlings whilst they got on with the interesting work . |
| 2 | Before they got on to the subject of the commune they had been discussing which item of Hilbert 's former property they should sell next . |
| 3 | The traffic into Belfast was heavy , and it was a while before they got on to the motorway . |
| 4 | Vitor suggested , when they emerged on to the cobbled streets again . |
| 5 | All the same , they both felt rather squashed as they walked on to the farmhouse . |
| 6 | As they rolled on to the pound meadowland , Gabriel climbed down inside the cart so as to stay hidden until the right dramatic moment . |
| 7 | Rachel said bitterly as they shot on to the main road . |
| 8 | As they stepped on to the landing he signalled her to go ahead while he hung back so they should not be seen arriving in the newsroom together . |
| 9 | ‘ Where did you leave your car ? ’ he asked as they stepped on to the pavement . |
| 10 | So as they continued on through the trees to the fort at Ballingolin , with the blackbirds chittering and the smoke from turf fires coming from the farmhouse inside the castle walls , Gerald Hussey broke the news to his daughter that she would be leaving Ireland . |
| 11 | Yet as they continued on through the shallows so birds wheeled about them in alarm , and creatures shifted in the undergrowth . |
| 12 | The movement continued to grow and develop and to absorb new media as they came on to the market . |
| 13 | But it quickly vanished as they got on with the morning 's proceedings . |
| 14 | They were certainly too much for a dismal Everton outfit and Chelsea should have had more goals as they eased on to the heels of the leading Premier League pack . |
| 15 | On Wednesday , 30th August , 1950 , the miners in the workings concerned blasted out coal and rock as they tunnelled on towards the surface . |
| 16 | The Sergeant was driving , and the windscreen wipers were waving crescents of slush away from the glass as they headed on into the teeth of the storm . |
| 17 | ‘ So , you 've gone to the top , ’ Buckmaster commented as they turned on to the Okehampton road . |
| 18 | Marie-Christine bit her lip as they turned on to the road leading up to the château . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 've been lumbered with running me back , ’ Ashley said crisply , as they turned on to the road . |