Example sentences of "would [vb infin] on [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that if I let it go it would collapse on to a teapot and mugs still waiting to be cleared from the sideboard , which would confuse the situation still further . |
| 2 | ULSTER 's amateur actors have dramatically upstaged the bombers — by ensuring that their show would go on despite a £1,000 blast . |
| 3 | Few of Camille 's schoolmates , even had they been able to read and write , would go on to a career in the sciences , since the chemistry lab had been the first to succumb , years back , when the rules had just been relaxed and attitudes to education liberalized . |
| 4 | They were there at last , Lucy was bundled as gently as speed would allow on to a trolley and whisked off through swing doors , and Virginia stared , hollow-eyed , at Guy as they waited around silently in the reception area . |
| 5 | Back in Trazior , Lexandro had imagined a gauntlet which would slip on to a hand … |