Example sentences of "[vb past] on [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got on with some work of my own and he went back to his . |
| 2 | There was always this idea that people lived on in some form after death , looking after you . |
| 3 | Photojournalism and the birth of photography are briefly touched on , Context and Ambiguity expanded on in some depth , ethics briefly considered and a fair selection of illustrations from the exhibition are included , including Robert Capa 's The Last Man to die , Leipzig , Germany and Chris Steele-Perkins Famine in Karamoja Province , Uganda , images that are almost commonplace today . |
| 4 | But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come . |
| 5 | As Blanche and Russell chatted on about some Woody Allen film , Dexter let his eyes glaze over . |
| 6 | The Ka remained an integral part of the individual during his lifetime but at death went on to some future existence . |
| 7 | This went on for some time , but when it was finished , the daughter started crying again , this time tears of remorse , grieving for the mother who had died , and grieving for the relationship that she had never had . |
| 8 | This movement , which went on for some time , gave Franca ( and Ludens agreed with her later ) the sense that Marcus was actually creating Patrick . |
| 9 | They went on for some way in silence . |
| 10 | This went on for some time , until the dog 's master came to the door . |
| 11 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 12 | It was a quite hard movement , dragging the flesh this way and that , and it went on for some time , perhaps ten minutes . |
| 13 | The lame recital went on for some time , while Jerome , piteously small and shrunken and wretched , kneeled in Rhun 's supple , generous arm , with that radiant , silent face beside him , to point searing differences . |
| 14 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 15 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
| 16 | It sounded vaguely political , chiefly because it went on for some while . |
| 17 | This went on for some time , with Dr Neil fencing politely , Matey looking grim , and Norton sighing in counterpoint to la Darrell . |
| 18 | After these exchanges , fighting in Kurdestan went on for some considerable time . |
| 19 | This went on for some time . |
| 20 | He went on at some length about the idiocy of the strategic bombing of Germany and how the Red Army had won the war in Europe . |
| 21 | He went on at some length , complete with the appropriate gestures and noises , on his experiences as a car jockey in a parking garage : other people 's cars were part of his early training as a driver and , like every Italian kid his age , he had had a burning admiration for grand prix racing and the great heroes of his day , especially Alberto Ascari . |
| 22 | He went on at some length , with a slightly exaggerated middle-class accent , to enthuse over the pleasures of privileged country living . |
| 23 | The village started half-alive about her , lights went on in some windows , then off again as the daylight strengthened . |
| 24 | There are Christmas gifts galore , and there 's it 's a big it 's a big craft show put on by some good people . |
| 25 | She carried on at some length , and felt better for it afterwards . |
| 26 | I wonder sometimes where my cousin ended up ; at the bottom of the sea , or washed on to some craggy and deserted shore , or blown on to a high mountain face , to be eaten by gulls or eagles … |