Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last time he came home she said if things went on as they are for much longer he 'd lose the manor and the farm on the turn of a card ! ’ |
| 2 | The nub of the meeting had been a lengthy discussion on the merits or otherwise of four-day cricket , while matters decided on were the 25-point penalty for producing inferior pitches , retained with wider definition to include over-grassed pitches ; overseas players ( counties may register up to two for next season only ) ; a return to 15-yard run-ups in the Sunday League ; and the making up of lost time in Tests to a maximum one hour . |
| 3 | The nub of the meeting had been a lengthy discussion on the merits or otherwise of four-day cricket , while matters decided on were the 25-point penalty for producing inferior pitches , retained with wider definition to include over-grassed pitches ; overseas players ( counties may register up to two for next season only ) ; a return to 15-yard run-ups in the Sunday League ; and the making up of lost time in Tests to a maximum one hour . |
| 4 | The UMWA members worked in good faith within a contract for 14 months while negotiations went on . |
| 5 | Angry punters demonstrated on the course after the first race , while negotiations went on between track officials and the Tote workers . |
| 6 | Wriggling through the crowds , I sidled around the walls , admiring black and white photographs of old men in cloth caps playing fiddles , while children looked on wonderingly . |
| 7 | Sorting went on day and night for a fortnight , and indeed beyond , for books kept on coming till the last moment of the sale . |
| 8 | Lifeguards dragged out kids coughing and vomiting as parents looked on in horror . |
| 9 | at the start , but as things went on , and just the fact that we never had any talks between the union and the management . |
| 10 | Robert Wade , eight , got into difficulties in just 5ft of water as friends looked on in horror . |
| 11 | As ex-communists hung on in Serbia , many Croats and Slovenes saw independence as the fast track to democracy . |
| 12 | John Cruikshank , Tom Poole 's friend and neighbour , promised to get the cottage ; but Coleridge was left ‘ full , yea , crammed with anxieties ’ as negotiations ground on . |
| 13 | And as police looked on , the ramshackle convoy moved off . |
| 14 | Lloyd 's stood by as underwriters took on risks that were likely to lead to losses , largely because of its habit of management-by-agreement . |
| 15 | She had no doubt that her children were too important to be brought up by anyone else and , as others went on to become household names , she became a full-time mother , writing occasional children 's books as well as a storybook-guide to the handling of epilepsy based on experiences with her own son . |