Example sentences of "went on [prep] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gomes went on to an unbeaten century , thanks to Malcolm Marshall . |
| 2 | ‘ Now let's go over it once more , ’ he went on in an encouraging voice . |
| 3 | She checked what she was saying and then went on in an altered tone . |
| 4 | ‘ It is not at all like her , ’ Mrs Marsden went on in an aggrieved tone . |
| 5 | However he went on in an important passage to say that if contractual restrictions appear to be unnecessary or to be reasonably capable of enforcement in an oppressive manner then they must be justified before they can be enforced . |
| 6 | ‘ So much , Steve , ’ she went on in an agonised whisper . |