Example sentences of "[vb past] on in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice wandered on in the dull , matter-of-fact tones of someone describing his own environment . |
| 2 | The loss of Acre in 1291 had a symbolic significance for all the nobilities of western Europe , but a sense of unfulfilled obligation still lingered on in the testamentary dispositions of Gascon nobles . |
| 3 | Sure enough , a light came on in the middle floor of the wing . |
| 4 | After a few moments , Sir Henry appeared out of the fog and walked on in the clear moonlight . |
| 5 | And now , as they got back into the car , both men sat in silence as they watched the light switched on in the front bedroom — and then the curtains being drawn across . |
| 6 | Behind the facade , behind the glittering ceremony and the IAAF delegates ’ hotels which were far superior to those for the athletes , there was a lot of wrong-doing , not least the cheating that went on in the long jump where they tried to wangle a bronze medal for Evangelisti , the Italian , by inaccurate measuring . |
| 7 | Back in time for our encore at Wembley ( well , after six nights , you do tend to get a bit lax , and anyway , the tapes went on in the right order and the dry ice was great ) . |
| 8 | Who knew what strange rites went on in the savage mountains beyond Tirana , what musical instruments they played , where mad King Zog had ruled . |
| 9 | These activities went on in the Great Workshop , where the looms were installed . |
| 10 | Working on Jane Austen was not all that different from working on trade cycles , or lowtemperature physics ; these were the kind of things that went on in the modern university . |
| 11 | But curiously enough , such articulate recognition of the educational significance of the manyattas was exceptional , though administrators often behaved and wrote in ways which hinted at an implicit acknowledgement of the similarity between what went on in a Masai manyatta and what went on in the English boarding schools they had themselves attended . |
| 12 | I then went on in the proper sequence to the pitch control : " And this reduces the pitch . " |
| 13 | Lights went on in the darkened boardroom . |
| 14 | Captions on the screen can give brief information about what went on in the missing bits and how much time has elapsed . |
| 15 | No matter which coach you went on in the old days ( and the Brightside and Carbrook Co-op ones were the best ) there was always a shilling sweep for the biggest fish and another shilling for the best roach . |
| 16 | Then they too died as , too exhausted to fight any further , they were covered by a crust of snow which froze on in the bitter winds . |
| 17 | Many Elves did return but others , such as those in Athel Loren , refused to abandon their adopted homeland and stayed on in the Old World . |