Example sentences of "and [verb] on [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standing stork-like and hanging on to the various bathroom fittings , she cleaned her teeth and made a reasonable toilet . |
| 2 | Great efforts would be needed to restore the party to its strong position of 1914 and to carry on with the fundamental changes that had been under way then , but the war years had done no lasting damage . |
| 3 | She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th . |
| 4 | I scattered pennies and rode on like a young lord through Aldgate and into London . |
| 5 | It is possible for teachers to keep a personal notebook which does not form part of the record and is not open to subject access , but if information is intended to be used officially and passed on to the next teacher it should be treated in the same way as the formal record . |
| 6 | And just as human wisdom is only perceived and passed on by the human spirit inside us , so it is with the truth of God . |
| 7 | Perhaps it is repetitive , but not for the sake of repetition , as each phrase carries a different emphasis and builds on to the prior phase for effect . |
| 8 | Uncle Titch just shrugged and got on with the important things in life . |
| 9 | But the scent was so fresh , it was obvious the beasts would be unwilling to leave for a while , so Grant decided to ignore them and push on with the next stage of their operation . |
| 10 | She shut the trunk and moved on to a large cardboard box . |
| 11 | Channel 4 says the show recognises its audience may already have left sexual theory behind and moved on to the practical side of the subject . |
| 12 | No movement , no luck With a silent curse he extricated himself from the first trap and moved on to the next |
| 13 | The young hijacker laughed again and moved on to the next seat . |
| 14 | If the guess was correct the subject was told so and moved on to the next letter . |
| 15 | Er , most officers would have accepted it and moved on to the next subject . |
| 16 | ‘ No idea , ’ replied the young lieutenant , and moved on to the next bed . |
| 17 | They left me and moved on to the little Jewish family . |
| 18 | I checked the position of the pin , rather generously placed in the right centre of the green , and moved on towards the tenth hole . |
| 19 | The story of some of these presses is a fascinating one to follow , as the printers surreptitiously pull off their pamphlets and broadsides in some kitchen or remote country house , load up and press on to the next location , with an eye ever over their shoulder for the pursuers . |
| 20 | Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next . |
| 21 | WALL AFTER WALL of raging water rose up and thundered on to the strange craft intent on destroying it and the frail humans clinging to it for their lives . |
| 22 | I told the stationer I 'd be back for my parcel , and wandered on through the cold sunny streets . |
| 23 | Jerry Foley , 29 , jumped at least seven red lights and veered on to the wrong side of the road before staggering out of the car when it ran out of petrol , Wood Green crown court heard . |
| 24 | I ran towards it and flopped on to an old bench . |
| 25 | The base tray is as deep as the corpse is high , the head section having been fashioned from a separate sheet of lead and soldered on to the main body of the shell . |
| 26 | The scallops would be put on to the seabed after about two years growth in special nets , and grown on for a further two years before harvesting . |
| 27 | Daisy had brought her sketch pad , but found it difficult to capture the action and hold on to a straining Ethel . |
| 28 | The crosser is required to tight-rope walk on the single strand below and hold on to the two other lines for balance . |
| 29 | He said nothing and she went , with smooth , unflustered movements , to the couch and dropped on to the yielding cushions and prayed for Oliver to come and quickly . |
| 30 | Brought up at a cultivated and tolerant court and doted on as an only child , she became a catch on the German dynastic marriage market . |