Example sentences of "it [vb past] on [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patronage did not die out with industrialization ; it lived on through the honorific offices of county clubs and national bodies . |
| 2 | In the Far East , the Azahari revolt broke out in Brunei in December 1962 ; and , although it was crushed relatively easily by British and Gurkha troops stationed in Malaya , it led on to the Indonesian ‘ Confrontation ’ , which began in a small way in April 1963 . |
| 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 | The amber liquid shook in the glass and some of it spilled on to the tan cloth of her Burberry . |
| 5 | Her mouth twisted wryly ; at twenty-four she should have put all that aside , but it lingered on like a bitter legacy . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | After a while it turned on to a concrete road , where another truck was waiting . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | It went on to a leading role in the ‘ Baker plan ’ , Brady 's predecessor , based on debt rescheduling and new loans , not debt relief . |
| 10 | That 's very quickly it went on to the hard |
| 11 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 12 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 13 | And so it went on for the first 14 years of their friendship . |
| 14 | It went on in the same tone for several excited paragraphs and ended in an even heavier and blacker print . |
| 15 | Our first Members ' Evening was held at the Community College on Friday 1st March 1991 and its success can be judged by the fact that it went on until the Social Secretary literally had to call a halt at 11.15 p.m. ! |
| 16 | It gave on to a shadowed court whose centrepiece was an orrery on a stone plinth . |
| 17 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It backed on to a big grey building like an overgrown garden shed , with no windows . |
| 20 | Apart from providing such basic info as the date that any hit reached pole position , the length of time it held on to the top spot and a full rundown on catalogue numbers , songwriters , producers etc , there 's also a full page of background on the history of the song and its performers . |