Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The path , waymarked and cleared , led on through a boulder field . |
| 2 | Gradually her technique improved , and Water Gypsy glided on through a country solitude of farms and fields . |
| 3 | Mrs Willmot was now going on about a film evening in October : ‘ I thought you could lay on some nature things — I know that 's your forte . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ In fact I 've heard Mauleverer going on about a tripe restaurant in Paris . ’ |
| 5 | The real loss of life occurred on the evening of 4 December when a group of insurgents , accompanied by a crowd who had apparently come along to watch events , was fired on during a panic reaction on the part of the soldiers . |
| 6 | After clocking on for a night shift they did not start work immediately but went instead to the canteen for a cup of tea . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The 21-year-old international , also a forward , clocks on for a trial period today , 24 hours after the arrival of Norway 's star striker , Tore Andre Dahlum of Rosenberg , who started a week 's trial yesterday . |
| 9 | Twenty-four hours after training , there was getting on for a sixty-per-cent increase in the numbers of spines to be found on the dendrites in the left IMHV ( but almost no effect in the right ) . |
| 10 | Cast on for a test piece and knit a few rows ending with the carriage at the right . |
| 11 | The Campbells steamer his mother had once taken him on for a day trip to Ilfracombe . |
| 12 | In the string , taking Shine On for a showpiece half-speed over five furlongs , riding home , her mind was on the implications of his message . |
| 13 | Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper owner , has submitted a sworn affidavit that Knighton showed him confidential financial details of the club when he offered to sell the Edwards 's shares on for a £6m profit . |
| 14 | Visitors to the National Fishing Heritage Centre sign on as a crew member of a 1950 's steam trawler and journey to the Arctic fishing grounds . |
| 15 | The good news is that Don is prepared to stay on as a board member . ’ |
| 16 | Coming on as a second-half substitute after two years out with an elbow injury , Montana led the San Francisco 49ers to three scores in the fourth quarter to clinch a 24-6 victory over the Detroit Lions . |
| 17 | The Sheffield Wednesday striker was livid at finding himself back on the bench just 28 minutes after being sent on as a second-half substitute at Norwich on Saturday . |
| 18 | ‘ Apart from his match-winning goal against Oxford United , I was pleased with his overall contribution when he came on as a second-half substitute . |
| 19 | It can be looked on as a discussion document and its coincidence with the real world is verified in discussions with the various users . |
| 20 | I sang in the choir at chapel and was called on as a boy soprano for various local concerts or for a solo or two at Bude parish church . |
| 21 | If Dire Straits had n't been so successful , would you have carried on as a circuit band , or would you have gone back to teaching or journalism ? |
| 22 | The answer is an all-too-simple one : by the time he courageously signed on as a volunteer infantryman , John was in the terminal stages of consumption . |
| 23 | After she left at 16 she got a job in a pub but became interested in nursing as a career , being taken on as a trainee student nurse three years later . |
| 24 | Dummies have since caught on as a fashion accessory at raves , but whether the trend was sparked by the emergence of Ketamine , or whether it 's just a way to keep the burning under control , is lost to myth and drug folklore . |
| 25 | ‘ Anyway , we remained friends , and when he decided to come down here and start his practice I asked if he would take me on as a pupil veterinary nurse . |
| 26 | Barnes , on as a first-half substitute , stole the game from Rangers when he released Rosenthal down the left flank in the 87th minute . |
| 27 | And Coppell may have to pair his £100,000 capture from non-League Sutton with another rookie , 18-year-old Grant Watts , who came on as a half-time substitute at QPR last Saturday . |
| 28 | ‘ How about taking me on as a lift attendant ? ’ |
| 29 | I was taken on as a staff programme researcher for " Here Today " , Salary : £1,100 . |
| 30 | The name will live on as a department head . |