Example sentences of "[v-ing] on from [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these last years of the war , he was simply continuing with his life , going on from day to day without much hope for the future . |
| 2 | Perhaps we should think about it , instead of drifting on from day to day . |
| 3 | But the basic skills are acquired amazingly quickly , though moving on from balls to clubs too soon is a bit of a clanger . |
| 4 | She had not liked him very much but she judged him to be one of those unfortunate men who dislike their neighbours even more than they dislike themselves and as such he was to be pitied , plodding on from day to day among his bingo-playing telly-watching parishioners . |
| 5 | The ie was more than a group of individuals ; it was a continuing entity carrying on from generation to generation embracing people , property and reputation . |
| 6 | I framed my remarks in a hypothetical context following on from delegation to the regional arts boards , and I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman was not there to listen and to learn . |