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Example sentences of "[noun sg] go on [prep] a " in BNC.

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1	As might be expected from data reported earlier , positive attitudes as measured by all five factors were significantly associated with willingness to go on to a second round of review and reporting .
2	The roof goes on in a few tumultuous hours .
3	Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough .
4	New Scientist published an article with the transfixing title of ‘ The search for scale invariant cosmology ’ , showing that there was a search going on for a deeper understanding of the Universe .
5	But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside .
6	So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief .
7	The last dance went on for a long time .
8	This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
9	Later on in the profession itself the process goes on at a different level .
10	This sort of banter went on for a while .
11	I have of course no intention of suggesting that this intellectual and , by implication , political revolution went on without a single hitch .
12	‘ In fact I 've heard Mauleverer going on about a tripe restaurant in Paris . ’
13	The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening .
14	The noise went on for a long time .
15	THE WORLD HAS stopped making sense again , and Odilo forgets everything again ( which is probably just as well ) , and the war is over now ( and it seems pretty clear to me that we lost it ) , and life goes on for a little while .
16	Elba remains largely unspoilt and life goes on in a traditional vein
17	The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel .
18	The arrival of Islam and the Arabic language was to mark another of the great turning points in the history of Egypt , and their absorption by Egyptian society went on over a long period , being generally a peaceful and incremental process .
19	‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police .
20	Quinn 's voice went on without a pause .
21	Miraculously , her voice went on in a steady stream , without a quiver , while her mind tried to take in what had happened .
22	There 's a lot going on at a very fast speed .
23	The kettle went on for a lunchtime brew-up before we tackled the group of small , uninhabited islands which lie west of Whalsay : Nacka Skerry , Nista , Mooa , Isbister Holm ( the only place in Shetland where sea-aster grows ) , East Linga and Grif Skerry .
24	of those who complete youth training go on to a job or further education and two thirds of them obtain a qualification .
25	And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR .
26	‘ I see , ’ the Doctor went on with a harder edge in his voice , ‘ that you are the sort of hypocritical egomaniac who talks about betrayal when he 's condemning thousands of his own people in Haiti and millions in Africa and elsewhere to living the lives of mere insects ! ’
27	The line went on into a big Jamaican area , and I was the only white left in a full carriage .
28	The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games .
29	We ourselves have found that if a patient goes on to a diet which is relatively free from pesticides , herbicides and chemical additives , then often the homoeopathic remedies work much better than if the patient continues to eat an additive and junk-food-laden diet .
30	At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress .