Example sentences of "went [adv] on [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came through the door , and he was laughing , he took Rosalba in his arms and kissed her and they went down on to the sheepskin with soft cooing giggles and sucked and licked and flowed together in the nest like a mother cat and her kittens . |
| 2 | He went down on to the bank and looked at it . |
| 3 | ‘ Poor Undry , shrunken and wasted ! — and I left the sea and went up on to the land , into the world of mortals . |
| 4 | They went up on to the platform , and took a quick look into the Porter 's room . |
| 5 | They went up on to the cliff road , then turned inland , driving between wooded banks . |
| 6 | And er they were still whistling and calling , so I went up on to the top of the bank and they it was this plantation that fell down in the warren and caught fire . |
| 7 | We examined the corpse and I went up on to the parapet . ’ |
| 8 | She also went up on to the stage afterwards to meet the singers , and endeared herself to them all when one of the chorus asked , ‘ Why do n't you come and audition for the company ? ’ |
| 9 | We went up on to the roof , and we did not have to wait long . |
| 10 | But this time Hardy went straight on to the attack , putting Holmes on the canvas with a right over the top for an initial count of seven . |
| 11 | Helen graduated in History at Somerville College , Oxford and then went straight on to the CPE and Finals Courses at the Lancaster Gate branch of the College of Law . |
| 12 | He fingered his tie , a particularly vivid one that day , and went straight on to the purpose of their meeting , which was to ask her to help Frank Shildon who was investigating aspects of the MacQuillan empire . |
| 13 | At Firbank , where the chapel proved too small , he went out on to the fell to preach to the people , saying that God 's church was not made of stone but of the air and the countryside around . |
| 14 | Presently they went out on to the verandah where it was cooler . |
| 15 | I went out on to the verandah for some air . |
| 16 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 17 | She began to pace about and finally went out on to the balcony to watch the mountains and try to take her mind off a pain that she was sure would keep her awake all night . |
| 18 | He went out on to the balcony and the applause was still echoing around the ballroom . |
| 19 | He picked up his two black holdalls and went out on to the platform to watch the train pull into the station . |
| 20 | The doors opened ; she stood , and as he got to his feet , as they went out on to the platform , he grinned confidently and shook his head . |
| 21 | We went out on to the terrace . |
| 22 | When they had finished , they went out on to the terrace to drink their coffee . |
| 23 | When Rachel had recovered from the customary burst of rage which Damian Flint so effortlessly produced in her every time she saw him , she went out on to the terrace , putting on a brave smile for her father . |
| 24 | I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss . |
| 25 | I went out on to the roof , glad to be in the fresh air after the smoky room and the raksi . |
| 26 | The dispossessed commoners , invoking the battle-cry ‘ Otmoor for Ever ’ , blackened their faces and went out on to the moor by night to destroy the commissioner 's works . |
| 27 | The Winnipeg runners went out on to the track to bugle fanfares and cheers from the stands and were pony-escorted to the starting gate . |
| 28 | He went out on to the landing , opened a window , and called out to the crowd : ‘ What do you want ? who are you ? ’ |
| 29 | Halfway through the night , they decided they needed to know , went out on to the landing , groped around but in desperation had to go back to their room , pee in their shoes and empty them out of the window ! |
| 30 | He stood up and went out on to the landing . |