Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly because some of them might 've been councillors and knew the ways that sort of er things went on and how to get things done officially and above board . |
| 2 | Well , I think it 's , it 's largely to do with the changed uses of the living room , because I think one of the , one of the changes that I found in , in the way that people organise the rooms within their house , is changing over from having a best parlour , usually in the front , which was very seldom used except for inviting the vicar in or whatever , or laying out the dead , combined with a back kitchen , a family room , where you ate and so on , and a move over to having one combined living-dining room where all the family 's activities went on . |
| 3 | A hand feeling blindly for throat or arm or hair landed in the middle of Gabriel 's face , and Garvey 's fingers clung on like a starfish , pressing it out of shape . |
| 4 | They were climbing quite rapidly and soon Maggie 's eyes took on a very troubled look . |
| 5 | The door 's observation panel slid open , closed , and the screw 's footsteps passed on . |
| 6 | He had reached the open area of the tank trails when the helicopter 's lights blazed on and it started to lift into the sky . |
| 7 | The relief they felt was emphasised by the way Gustafsson 's team-mates jumped on to the court , picked him up and tossed him high in the air in celebration at the end . |
| 8 | Children 's paintings hung on the gate of a timber yard , the most restrained moment of a day long protest against the tropical timber trade . |
| 9 | People packed St. Lawrence Church Hall to hear their questions answered , and although all four 's answers ran on fairly predictable lines , intense interest was maintained throughout the nearly two-hour event . |
| 10 | The country 's leaders went on as before . |
| 11 | The tray in the human 's hands crashed on to the floor in front of it . |
| 12 | But we are fascinated by ourselves — which is why Jane 's thoughts rabbited on so long about her country . |
| 13 | BA93 organisers fired on by Labour MPs |