Example sentences of "[vb past] on [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was strange , too , Anne thought , that everyone got on with their normal lives , in spite of the constant raids and disturbed nights , and had become used to seeing servicemen in so many different uniforms thronging the streets and the cinemas , and in the public houses she was sure , although she had never been in one . |
| 2 | As a growing proportion of an ageing population lived on into their eighties or even nineties , the disparity between their life chances and those of the able-bodied employed became more and more apparent . |
| 3 | Of the widowed and single , by contrast , only two-thirds now lived on in their own homes , usually with their children or lodgers , or very rarely grandchildren , but 12 per cent on their own . |
| 4 | Love ( 68 ) and Couples ( 71 ) clung on to their overnight lead , three shots ahead of host nation Spain . |
| 5 | Walking through Ricky 's woods , Daisy noticed ruby-red sticky buds thrusting out on the chestnuts , although many of the trees still clung on to their shrivelled brown leaves . |
| 6 | Soviet military planners tried to circumvent the treaty cutting conventional forces in Europe , because they thought the cuts agreed on by their foreign ministry went too deep . |
| 7 | The family moved on past their old den , over the bank and out of sight . |
| 8 | A great cheer rang out as Cowdray , the home team , came on in their orange shirts . |
| 9 | None of the people on stage knew what was happening , the girls continued to sing their plaintive song and the other men danced on with their own pieces of chiffon , hoping that Ken would go away and disappear for ever . |
| 10 | These cells give a large excitatory response to the onset of a small spot of one wavelength shone on to their receptive field centres and a much smaller response to a much larger spot . |
| 11 | And with seven and a half minutes of injury time Milton hung on to their slender lead ; final score here at Bishops Cleve was Bishops Cleve nil , Milton United one . |
| 12 | produced one of the shock wins of the competition when they hung on to their 6–3 lead to beat side who are two leagues Selby 's seniors . |
| 13 | produced one of the shock wins of the competition when they hung on to their 6–3 lead to beat side who are two leagues Selby 's seniors . |
| 14 | Glasgow , Liverpool , Newcastle and Leeds pressed on with their extensive highway systems , but other cities abandoned them and by the mid-1970s an urban road policy in the context of an explicit town planning framework was stood on its head . |
| 15 | Other Ministers stake out their claims , urged on by their civil servants . |
| 16 | Erm , they just went on to their fifth form |
| 17 | His pleasure was that England went on to their first home victory against the West Indies since 1969 . |
| 18 | His pleasure was that England went on to their first home victory against the West Indies since 1969 . |
| 19 | Boosted by the appearance of Chris Wilkinson , who had just returned home after gruelling 5 month tour of the Far East and Australasia , Hampshire went on to their historical achievement with some sterling doubles ' performances by the whole team . |
| 20 | She was happy to be near a door into the street , where she could see passers-by and know that other lives went on in their placid courses . |
| 21 | Sloman prompts one to ask what it could be like to be an entity that controlled all existing ( presumably conscious ) human beings but had no access to what went on in their conscious minds at all , and of which , ex hypothesi , the humans themselves were not aware ? |
| 22 | In previous eras Ireland could depend upon longevity of service from its best players ; Mike Gibson , Syd Millar , Tom Kiernan , Willie-John McBride , Fergus Slattery all battled on into their mid-thirties . |
| 23 | They simply rebuilt the fallen walls , and carried on with their normal efficient and highly organized lives ; they did not associate the earthquake with Vesuvius , and there was no particular reason why they should . |
| 24 | The Smiths , the Kays and the Wyllies were humble men who stayed on in their native county and did not amass great wealth , nevertheless , they are remembered long after most of the supposedly important people of their generations have been forgotten . |