Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've seen 'em putting the notices up and goin' round knocking on doors , ’ my assailant told him . |
| 2 | Central sensitisation and wind up depend on the activity of N -methyl-D-aspartic acid ( NMDA ) receptors in the dorsal horn . |
| 3 | God damn Humber , I thought , and got up to write on the charts on the bed-table . |
| 4 | She made me coffee , gave me hugs , and at one point I fell asleep , and was at peace for a while , and woke up sprawled on the floor , my head on her lap , one gentle hand stroking my head . |
| 5 | Angela went out to the hall and came back pulling on her coat . |
| 6 | Remove and spread out to dry on a rack in an airy place ; if not thoroughly dry , it becomes mouldy later — then store in airtight containers between greaseproof paper . |
| 7 | But as the sepoy lunged forward to put an end to the struggle he stumbled , blinded by the dust and plaster from the ceiling , and fetched up choking on the floor beside Fleury . |
| 8 | I mean , it 's not like waving a banner at a demo on Sunday afternoon and going back to work on Monday . |
| 9 | The scientists exchanged weary looks and glanced back to check on their comrade . |
| 10 | Tal gave a most unparrotlike crow and flew up to perch on the top of a monitor . |
| 11 | Venturi 's survey started with classical times , the uncertainties of writing by Xenocrates , lists of lost works such as the treatise by Apelles , and settled down to comment on two fundamental categories of criticism , the lives of artists , and the critic 's encounter with the work of art . |
| 12 | We carried our own humble bags across the road , and lay down to sleep on a gravel slope in the lee of a hut . |
| 13 | If he thought something interesting , he would desert what he was doing and amble off to meditate on the new idea , muttering to himself as he walked . |
| 14 | And then she turned away , and went over to check on the stove . |
| 15 | Logie , on 10 , was dropped at slip and went on to put on 130 for the sixth wicket with Dujon , a crucial stand in view of the end result . |
| 16 | As a fourteen-year-old she had made her debut in a particularly sophisticated team , and went on to appear on Broadway . |
| 17 | Very few erm Continental countries would consider entrusting the administration of justice erm to erm people who took an afternoon or a day off work every week or so and went in to sit on the Bench . |
| 18 | When she finished selling the remaining tickets Sally looked around for them , realised what had happened and went back to sit on one of the hard upright chairs which lined the hall . |
| 19 | The brown egg struck the wall behind Delaney 's head with a clang and whirled back to bounce on the top of the radio bench . |
| 20 | For half a second you might have thought his fist had smashed me across the room , except that I follow through my dive into a roll and end up squatting on the floor , eight feet away , with the pistol pointing straight at his guts . |
| 21 | She stopped shouting and gave up hammering on the door . |
| 22 | If your strategy is to start at the starboard end of the line and carry on sailing on starboard tack , the situation is as illustrated in Diagram 1 . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | The breakthrough in this version is that you can combine a live chart within a spreadsheet display and carry on working on the spreadsheet without having to switch modes . |
| 25 | Run along and do n't hurry back , ’ said Susan ; so Breeze tucked her up in the manner she thought befitting to an invalid , and ran up to put on her coat . |
| 26 | The belt was quite tough and did n't give way at once when Bully pulled at it , so Angela was dragged along as Bully backed , growling , until finally she lost her balance and ended up spreadeagled on her front on the pavement . |
| 27 | She was drawn closer and ended up sitting on the arm of his chair , craning past him . |