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

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1 Leaving Sagaing for our return journey by boat to Prome we got on to a sandbank and had to wait there until two tugs pulled us off .
2 English-born , actually , and we got on like a house on fire .
3 We got on like a house on fire .
4 After a plaisent meal aboard the Britannia , we went on to a casino where we met Sonja , a gypsy from Montana .
5 From here we carried on along a river and soon arrived at Sokol which has just one house — a traditional forester 's cabin with deer antlers above the front door .
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