Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 If you were in a wine bar with ferns , mellowed out on red wine and having a really sloppy kissy kissy lovey dovey ooghy woogy dinner with your lover and Blueboy came on as the cabaret , you would go berserk and slash open their gizzards with the cake fork .
2 Waqar and Ramiz look on as the umpire examine the ball at Lord 's .
3 Ultimately Childebert and Guntram patched up their quarrel , and Chilperic moved on to the defensive , only to be murdered at Chelles in 584 .
4 She revved the ambulance into a U-turn , and Woolley jumped on to the running-board .
5 On the dirt road from the castle , headlights blinded them , great tyres crunched to a standstill and Hugh backed on to the bramble bushes .
6 Setting men to guard both , Douglas and Ramsay moved on into the outer bailey , hardly able to believe their good fortune thus far .
7 Gesturing with their blasters , the androids encouraged the Doctor , Bernice , Francis and Elaine to step on to the platform beside the TARDIS .
8 Keith nodded and darted back to the house and Jinny walked on down the path , trying to ignore Rachel , who was in the doorway .
9 There was a giggle , and Claudia clung on to the phone , feeling faint .
10 They came to a clearing and Nicky slumped on to the trunk of a felled tree , shaded by the overhanging branches that almost covered the space it had made .
11 Holly 's head was doubled on his chest , and his words were spoken without sound , and Chernayev talked on from the side of his mouth , oblivious to the loss of his audience .
12 In July 1831 notice was given that the partnership agreement between Peregrine Phillips senior , John Thorne , and Peregrine Phillips junior , was dissolved with respect to Phillips junior , although his father and Thorne carried on with the business .
13 Loretta and Bridget stepped on to the grass ; Geoffrey followed and shut the door behind him .
14 I do n't know when he goes , I have n't heard the story properly , cos I was upstairs and , er well Ron was half way upstairs and Eileen come on to the landing and I was in the bathroom , so I says I 'll come down , no she says you need n't bother cos we 're not staying we 've only just er come to see how you are
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