Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he went on gazing at Thérèse , voluptuous in flowered chintz and blue ribbons . |
| 2 | The imagination must be fed ; we should not expect children to go on drawing from imagination or memory without directing his attention to the things he does and sees , and tries to imagine . |
| 3 | Rivers bear birth on slows of quicksand |
| 4 | Not only did he go on to lose at Waterloo : he suffered the final indignity of living and dying in a house called The Briars on St Helena , far down in the South Atlantic . |
| 5 | He believed that it was a piece that people would want to go on seeing for years , and that turning it into a film would shorten its life . |
| 6 | ‘ Put on the clothes you put on to go to church on Sunday . |
| 7 | A PRIEST carries on preaching in Hawaii — despite the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Iniki . |
| 8 | ‘ The boat I 'm living on belongs to Mr Marshall . |
| 9 | Akram went on to perform in plays in English and Bengali . |
| 10 | In retirement I hope my company will provide me with an office and a secretary , so that I can go on contributing to society from my experience . |
| 11 | Technical border teams went on to meet in Vientiane in September , Beijing in November , Yunnan province ( China ) in January-February 1991 and Vientiane in August . |
| 12 | After aircrew selection in 1966 he went on to train on Jet Provosts , Gnats and Hunters . |
| 13 | From her first class in Morden nine members went on to train as teachers , with Jean Parmiter eventually becoming a Senior Trainer . |
| 14 | There can not be many lyric-writers who have begun their careers in the theatre by dancing Scheherazade in a strip-club in Los Angeles , gone on to appear at La Scala , Milan and then to play the title-role in Mother Company . |
| 15 | As a fourteen-year-old she had made her debut in a particularly sophisticated team , and went on to appear on Broadway . |
| 16 | He went on to work at Birmingham , Bristol and Luton , as he progressed to other jobs within the operations department . |
| 17 | Some of the crew will go on to work on Tornados ; more are staying in the area for family reasons and will move to Brize Norton or Lyneham where they 'll be working on VC10s . |
| 18 | The author , David Ottewill , qualified as an architect in the 1950s and went on to work for John Brandon-Jones . |
| 19 | Fred Crocombe went on to work for Boulton Paul Aircraft , and often reflected on how close he came to being one of those many aviator 's lost mysteriously without a trace over the wide expanse of the sea . |
| 20 | Individuals have gone on to work in support of bands such as Bon Jovi , to take part in national competitions , to form club acts and to undertake the musician 's bread and butter work playing in theatre bands . |
| 21 | He went on to work in thermodynamics , and like Wheatstone to put his electrical knowledge to practical use in devices connected with telegraphy . |
| 22 | Today I no longer work in the grant-aided sector and a great number of women who were my colleagues and contemporaries have moved on to work in broadcast or cable television . |
| 23 | Similarly , if a firm 's name keeps on appearing on behalf of plaintiffs against major local factories , you can be fairly sure that they are retained on behalf of a union . |
| 24 | I gave him a fair price for it , and I have let him carry on trading in smack . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Our computerised systems have definitely played a big part in the fact that our guests keep on returning to Hallery House ; the hotel continues to provide the same level of efficient , friendly service ( whether or not we are there in person ourselves ) at all times . |
| 26 | The path goes on to pass through Binswood , once a deer park but now a Site of Special Scientific Interest . |
| 27 | We wandered back home and when we entered the yard we were called in to go to bed early so we could get up to help in the morning . |
| 28 | Roy moved in to lodge with Rita and her unsuspecting husband , Steve , 50 . |
| 29 | In Peters v. Prince of Wales Theatre ( Birmingham ) Ltd . , |
| 30 | Occasionally he had gone in to sit by Commander Barnwell 's bed and seek comfort in his sea-scoured face and calm eyes . |