Example sentences of "was [verb] [to-vb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing eventful occurred that night , and as Hugh had not returned , and as a careful search discovered no trace of Marian and Allen , it was decided to move on with every precaution into territory which with every yard became potentially more hostile . |
| 2 | After various consultations with interested parties , it was decided to carry on in the traditional manner . |
| 3 | Since it was essential that the moment I awoke each morning , the first words , sentences , if possible , paragraphs came readily to mind , last thing at night , instead of my prayers , my mind was instructed to grind on with the pages . |
| 4 | She was asked to hang on for a moment . |
| 5 | Net trading surpluses , from which funds were allocated , evaporated ; for most of 1921 and 1922 the LCS Political Committee was forced to carry on without a grant . |
| 6 | The crimson rope-lights still held him , so that he was forced to go on down the slope until they stood before the terrible dwelling place of the necromancer . |
| 7 | Falati was allowed to stay on at the house after the intervention of Mr Mandela . |
| 8 | Palace experienced that at Liverpool on Tuesday , when Mike Marsh was allowed to stay on after a professional foul on George Ndah . |
| 9 | Soon she was joined by a peasant woman dressed in black who told her that she was trying to get on to the hospital in Toulon for news of her son . |