Example sentences of "on [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He went on gazing into the flames and she knew his thoughts were too far away for her words to reach him . |
2 | For a minute more , the boy went on gazing at the Harewoman . |
3 | Gilgamesh went on to search for the secret of immortality and according to the legend he almost succeeded . |
4 | I mean you mentioned the tennis club which was great , you know you went back there but you know that was a , a wee thing to pick on depending on the company |
5 | And he said no , buy a badge now with a dog 's head on depending on the breed of dog you 've got , and it says on it I live here . |
6 | She carries on mowing with the vacuum cleaner . |
7 | That community not only traverses frontiers , to form an invisible college ; it also extends , for some subjects , beyond institutions of higher education to include research institutes , industrial laboratories , professionals working in the field , and the individual scholar who ( no longer based in an institution ) still goes on contributing to the literature . |
8 | He carried on walking through the bodies , looking at the nurses . |
9 | He had gone up to Magdalen College , asked at the Porters ' Lodge , discovered the grounds were closed ; then just carried on walking over the bridge , around the Plain , and back again down the High . |
10 | I carry on walking down the street , careful not to bump into people so I do n't fall over again . |
11 | It 's pretty difficult to cross the road on account of all the traffic , so I just carry on walking on the pavement . |
12 | ‘ Not much , ’ he dismissed as he carried on walking towards the cottage . |
13 | After a bit I get bored and carry on walking up the street . |
14 | They carried on walking round the side-shows . |
15 | But Miss Banks-Smith went on to worry about the effects of such overwhelming attention : ‘ You wonder with something like guilt whether television was good for her . |
16 | Jack and Richard Hannon keep on banging in the winners while others are rushing about like headless chickens in the belief that the sky is falling down . |
17 | The report went on to comment on the absence of objective criteria for setting health priorities and to emphasise the need for health service research to be multidisciplinary . |
18 | Well , I remember Strawberry Alarm Clock , a bunch of psychedelic nutters from Santa Barbara , who had a massive hit with ‘ Incense and Peppermint ’ in 1967 and then went on to appear in the Psych-Out movie . |
19 | We go on praying for the release of hostages and prisoners held without a cause ; and we pray for peace , and especially for the peace of Jerusalem . |
20 | McIlvanney went on to work on the Scotsman as a news reporter and feature writer , though with his passion for football and boxing , the attraction towards sports was inevitable . |
21 | She went on to work for the Friends ' Committee in France , Austria , Poland , and Greece . |
22 | Next month he travels to Nuremburg to do parish work before going on to work in the archives in the Papal capital . |
23 | Peter Morgan had no complaints , however , and went on to work in the hotels and restaurants of the Lyons empire . |
24 | Very often pupils will benefit from the opportunity to see and handle , and discuss a few selected artefacts at close hand , before going on to work in the display galleries . |
25 | What if a rule change , such as the introduction of a new settlement date , is formally communicated to members , but the traders on the floor do not " register " that the change has taken place and carry on trading on the basis of the old date ? |
26 | You got ta carry on driving down the road . |
27 | I carried on knocking on the door and begging to be let in . |
28 | Kelly carried on looking over the books but his heart was n't in it . |
29 | He went on looking at the floor , thoughtful . |
30 | He did n't even ask the next question but went on looking at the Consul General expectantly . |