Example sentences of "then [verb] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In later stages , cottage and craft industries were moved into factories , which then led on to the development of ‘ machinofacture ’ ( mechanised production ) through technological innovation . |
| 2 | It then goes on to the Shoulder of Mutton Hill , noted for its flower rich grassland . |
| 3 | It then goes on to the village of Colton and the Trent Valley . |
| 4 | Possibly well no , cos they , because it then goes on to the rain in heaven , I was going to say , maybe send the rain |
| 5 | I paced the house for an hour or so and then got on to the council office . |
| 6 | Somehow we then got on to the theme of French poetry , and Eliot expressed surprise at one of Herbert Read 's recent pronouncements on Laforgue and another nineteenth-century poet I can not recall and about whom at the time I knew too little to be able to arrive at an opinion . |
| 7 | The normal formula is ‘ it seemed good to the Council and People ’ , indicating that the decree had been prepared for the Assembly ( ‘ the people ’ ) by the Council , and was then voted on by the Assembly . |
| 8 | It would roll around on the carpet , then leap on to the piano and then on to the pianist 's lap , where it would start licking the hands that played the magic notes . |
| 9 | They were checked again then carried on over the drawbridge and through the gate . |
| 10 | She comes back across the room , punches me playfully in the chest , then flops on to the sofa . |
| 11 | As a mere formality , Minton , like others , was then reappointed on to the staff . |
| 12 | It found an eddy where the outpouring of a supply conduit splashed steadily , and it swung , steadied , and then moved on into the gloom . |
| 13 | He enveloped her mouth in one last , languid taking , then rolled on to the pillow beside her . |
| 14 | The interview then moved on to the consideration of the Head of Department 's departmental work , but kept drifting back to his ambition for wider experience . |
| 15 | FURTHER intelligence about the amazing Mr Humphrey Berkeley , who left the Conservative Party after bequeathing it an elective system for choosing its leaders , joined Labour , then moved on to the SDP , only to resign from it , too . |
| 16 | Captain Swan was the trainer on that occasion and Charlie then moved on to the Kevin Prendergast yard where he had to give up Flat racing because of a sharp rise in his weight following an accident . |
| 17 | He dusted it a little , to marvel better , and then moved on to the glass coffin . |
| 18 | The service 's interest began with his trade with Russia , then moved on to the Iran-Iraq war and the build-up to the Gulf crisis . |
| 19 | Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye . |
| 20 | If you 're not gon na sit straight then hold on to the computer ! |
| 21 | By the way , It looks like they 've improved the ticket line a bit , there is now a queueing system which you get held on , so you now get through after about an hour rather than 3 , and then hold on in the queue for the other two hours : - ) |
| 22 | This was followed by a film of a mediaeval banquet at which the guests , after much lusty eating and drinking , undressed one another at a leisurely pace , then climbed on to the refectory table for a general post , to the accompaniment on the sound track of much wheezing and grunting . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know if Bobby will break into the Great Britain team for the World Cup final against Australia in October , but he should make it for the next series and then hang on to the job . |
| 24 | Make a custard with the milk , sugar and beaten egg yolks , by heating the milk and sugar , then pouring on to the egg yolks , stirring constantly . |
| 25 | How can viruses induce cells to enter the cycle of rapid multiplication that then leads on to the development of a tumour ? |
| 26 | Then ride on up the hill and when the road levels out watch for some of the traditional island crafts . |
| 27 | At the gate I found a workman , who had seen her jump the low wall separating the garden from the road , and then ride on towards the hills and Wuthering Heights . |
| 28 | She eased back and kissed him , then walked on into the kitchen , her limp dictating the tiny sway of her hips . |
| 29 | She hesitated by the door of the sitting-room , then walked on down the passage . |
| 30 | The final sections of ‘ Van Gogh ’ are particularly masterly : as the painter painfully dies in the little village inn , his friends lament his passing for a moment and then get on with the business of the day — shopping , washing clothes , preparing for work . |