Example sentences of "it [vb past] on [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | As it howled on to a new course , the river bank no longer protected Trent and Mariana from the worst of its savagery . |
2 | Her mouth twisted wryly ; at twenty-four she should have put all that aside , but it lingered on like a bitter legacy . |
3 | It opened on to a flagged walled yard that sloped steeply upward to where steps and a battered gate gave access to the rear driveway , with its ramshackle collection of goat- and poultry-pens . |
4 | After a while it turned on to a concrete road , where another truck was waiting . |
5 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
6 | It went on to a leading role in the ‘ Baker plan ’ , Brady 's predecessor , based on debt rescheduling and new loans , not debt relief . |
7 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
8 | It gave on to a shadowed court whose centrepiece was an orrery on a stone plinth . |
9 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |
10 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
11 | It backed on to a big grey building like an overgrown garden shed , with no windows . |