Example sentences of "[vb past] on in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We live on the fourth floor of one building , in what , by Chinese standards , are luxurious conditions : we each have our own bedroom , living room , and bathroom , with drinking water , cigarettes , and thermos flasks of hot water ( for making Chinese tea ) laid on in the living room . |
| 2 | The one whose house it was got taken away and the other one lived on in the house . |
| 3 | The present interior dates from 1852 when it was used by Emperor Ferdinand the Gracious , the last king of Bohemia who abdicated in 1848 in favour of his nephew but who lived on in the castle until his death , in 1875 . |
| 4 | I 'm just too disheartened to intellectualise about the fascists you reported on in the Love Sees No Colour issue ( FACE 44 ) . |
| 5 | Similarly , by taking the coefficient estimated on in the equation , and the coefficients estimated on and in the output equation , which are estimates of and we can deduce other estimates of and . |
| 6 | Lights came on in the Mootwalk shops as one by one they began to open . |
| 7 | Suddenly , all the lights came on in the hospital and they eventually opened a side-door and let her in . |
| 8 | They drove on in the darkness , forming one bundle under the cloth . |
| 9 | ‘ I drove on in the car . |
| 10 | Form criticism examines the way in which the traditions of Jesus were preserved and handed on in the time before the writing of the Gospels . |
| 11 | And he walked on in the winter sunshine , the tom-cat smell of the tramp in his nostrils , the wind swelling his clothes , bowling him down the hill towards the station . |
| 12 | I walked on in the dazzle |
| 13 | A hard square of orange light sprang on in the darkness . |
| 14 | I drank three pints of water and then eased the wheelbarrow backwards onto firm ground and trundled on in the certainty of my safety . |
| 15 | Class hours are supplemented with 10 hours of visits or activities per two weeks accompanied by a teacher , which are relevant to the projects/topics worked on in the classroom . |
| 16 | For as I say , as I motored on in the sunshine towards the Berkshire border , I continued to be surprised by the familiarity of the country around me . |
| 17 | Oh yes , erm you know , having been brought up w in a you could almost say a quarrying atmosphere that 's the right er expression but erm I mean one knew what w went on in the quarry you know . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't believe I am being blamed for a fight that went on in the stand behind us , and I hope video evidence will clearly back me up . ’ |
| 19 | Harry , for his part , exchanged a knowing smile with Papaioannou , then went on in the direction of the village . |
| 20 | It 's the officers working now who are the only ones who can really tell you what went on in the past . |
| 21 | If Jolly Sensible was a restaurant , everyone would be speculating about what went on in the basement . |
| 22 | Jolly Sensible was a restaurant , everyone would be speculating about what went on in the basement . |
| 23 | Well it was just a a guild for women who could take their knitting and have a cup of tea and discuss everything that went on in the Cooperative , you know . |
| 24 | The light went on in the hall and the door opened . |
| 25 | It was from my teacher and her two other pupils , who were older than me , that I learnt about all the intrigues and scandals that went on in the village . |
| 26 | ‘ All I do know is that when we were on the way here he was asking me a great many questions about what went on in the village . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend draws attention to the fact that there is considerable maladministration among Labour councils , as witness the discovery of what went on in the council of Brent when it was under Labour control . |
| 28 | As dark fell , street lights went on in the square and many demonstrators lit paper torches . ’ |
| 29 | They were sitting at an outside table in one of the corner cafés of the Ataba el Khadra , out of reach of the traffic but strategically placed so that they could watch not only all the interesting things that went on in the square but also the more sophisticated exchanges which went on between tourist and native in Musky Street . |
| 30 | Still , it would be hard to deny that in , say , 1875 what went on in the university of Kazan and Kiev was more significant than what went on in Yale and Princeton . |