Example sentences of "it [verb] on [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The small firm needling the big multinational may be only a nuisance for the time being , but if it latches on to a new and successful technology and makes all the right first-mover investments it may be tomorrow 's market leader . |
| 2 | Solid waste is different : unless it is burned or buried at sea , it lingers on as a visible souvenir . |
| 3 | As it howled on to a new course , the river bank no longer protected Trent and Mariana from the worst of its savagery . |
| 4 | Her mouth twisted wryly ; at twenty-four she should have put all that aside , but it lingered on like a bitter legacy . |
| 5 | It opened on to a flagged walled yard that sloped steeply upward to where steps and a battered gate gave access to the rear driveway , with its ramshackle collection of goat- and poultry-pens . |
| 6 | After a while it turned on to a concrete road , where another truck was waiting . |
| 7 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 8 | It went on to a leading role in the ‘ Baker plan ’ , Brady 's predecessor , based on debt rescheduling and new loans , not debt relief . |
| 9 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 10 | It follows on from a fine display of tinted autumn foliage . |
| 11 | It gave on to a shadowed court whose centrepiece was an orrery on a stone plinth . |
| 12 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |
| 13 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 14 | It backed on to a big grey building like an overgrown garden shed , with no windows . |