Example sentences of "[noun sg] went on the " in BNC.

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1 On 12 November the programme went on the air .
2 this advert went on the back of it .
3 I wished that I could talk well , and could continue this conversation until animosity was dissipated and we could all stand on some common ground , but I knew enough to admit that this would n't happen , and that the longer the talk went on the further apart we should all grow .
4 I knew that only two riders together would n't be able to stay clear to the finish , but when the break went on the circuit there was only me and my teammate Brian Smith chasing . ’
5 Before the campaign went on the air , the Bank put in place a research programme to establish just how effective it would be .
6 strict , straight to the point , the work went on the blackboard , you were given so long to do it , close your book and if you did n't do it you never saw the teacher , but you felt his cane on your knuckles and he knew you were n't doing your work , so you did it .
7 Also my auntie went on the Pill and she became infertile .
8 There used to be an honour board and I was on it and so was Miss 's brother , er Ivor because er who whoever won the scholarship , you see , their name went on the honour
9 She 'd erm was erm getting a pie out the oven and cos some of the juice went on the floor , she wiped it up thinking she 'd wiped it up properly and she did n't , she slipped , she 's broken a couple of bones in her foot .
10 and the drum went on the floor .
11 Same of the paint went on the window frame ; a lot of it went on the glass ; and most of it went on the floor .
12 The paper went on the say that such a move would at least give the people who came into the city centre greater reassurance , even if they had to pay for the privilege .
13 I HAVE just had the Ford Mondeo for a full week 's test and the longer the week went on the more I liked the car .
14 Victory went on the European championship event went to Fernandez Peres in an Escort Cosworth .
15 The bike went on the side of it .
16 My foot went on the
17 ‘ Lot of money went on the favourite . ’
18 The bulk of the money went on the addition of amenities and not on structural repairs .
19 On the morning after the result of the referendum had been announced , the British Foreign Secretary went on the BBC 's Today programme to announce , in effect , ‘ business as usual ’ and that the timetable for the passage of the Maastricht ratification legislation by the British Parliament would proceed precisely as planned .
20 The majority of public spending went on the security apparatus .
21 The food went on the floor and everything .
22 I on the other hand went on the stage entirely by design and it was no accident that after twenty-odd years , I found myself thinking more and more of my childhood heroine .
23 Once more , he was telling the same jokes before a show went on the air or was finally taped .
24 As the eighteenth century went on the combination of the two into " envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary " became the most usual way of designating diplomatic representatives of the second rank , those below that of ambassador but still having the right of audience with the rulers to whom they were accredited .
25 However while the solemn task went on the contestants all local English wine makers had gathered outside in a more lighthearted mood .
26 Their business had gone bust and all the money left went on the mortgage .
27 As time went on the comments became less encouraging and more accusing , so that at the age of forty-five , in my study , he told me how he felt a failure and as a Christian unable to understand God as a God of love .
28 But as time went on the situation just got worse and costs started to escalate .
29 The only feature of the city shared by rich and poor alike was the atmosphere , and as time went on the manufacturers stopped living next to their mills , as Robert Thornton does , and retreated further and further into the suburbs .
30 When we arrived the carp were present all over from our margin to the far bank but as the time went on the fish moved out and only seemed catchable from the far side .
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