Example sentences of "he went on [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he went on to a merciless performance as an inarticulate Garda , who had been called to the school to deliver the annual lecture on road safety . |
| 2 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 3 | He went on in a similar vein . |
| 4 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ he went on in a low voice , ‘ I lie awake at night thinking of what would happen to this place if you should die without issue . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The next morning , ’ he went on in a flat emotionless voice , ‘ I rose late . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll ring for a taxi , ’ he went on in a flat tone . |
| 7 | ‘ Partly as a result of excessive leniency , ’ he went on in a familiar line of argument , ‘ there has been developed a pestiferous class of young ruffians who have caused great suffering to the respectable … to whom they have become a terror . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll have other interests now , though , ’ he went on in a friendly , easy manner . |
| 9 | ‘ I was going to propose to you properly that weekend , ’ he went on after a long , blissful interval . |