Example sentences of "it was [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was getting on towards moonset when they left the fields and entered the wood . |
| 2 | It was getting on towards 5 am and that left her only two hours before her husband got up . |
| 3 | It was getting on for ‘ good night ’ time when I fell in with an old lady who complained that the naughty children of Sligo pulled her ivy down and swore at her . |
| 4 | Now it was getting on for five o'clock . |
| 5 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 6 | It was getting on for 5 o'clock and the village were batting . |
| 7 | There seemed nothing I could usefully add to whatever Henniker might be doing , and as it was getting on for half past twelve I decided to find a pub and a sandwich . |
| 8 | It was getting on for two in the afternoon as she crossed the Rådhuspladsen on her way towards the old part of the town . |
| 9 | It was getting on for ten of the storm-lashed grim night clock when the headlights appeared . |
| 10 | It was getting on for Tony-Coton-at-Man-City-last-august standards . |
| 11 | Soon she was completely absorbed , and when she finally straightened and looked at her watch she was staggered to find it was getting on for six o'clock . |
| 12 | By then it was getting on for lunchtime but , sauntering through the colonnade , she could n't resist first climbing a flight of stairs to take a look at some of the splendid Bohemian glassware on display . |
| 13 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 14 | She saw that the man who owned it was hanging on to the side and checking it each time it swung . |
| 15 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 16 | The body was still twitching when it was flung on to a table and the head hacked off , blood spurting like a fountain . |
| 17 | It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off . |
| 18 | The dish contained something shiny and wobbly and pink with a cherry on it , and in some strange way it managed to look like something you would n't eat even if it was pushed on to your plate after a week 's starvation diet . |
| 19 | Actually the church had no tower — it was matted on to the exterior and the interior was built in the studio . |
| 20 | It was turned on by remote control . |
| 21 | Probably much of his success as a teacher sprang from this , for the young greatly enjoyed his moments of iconoclasm , even when it was carried on to the cricket field where he had no knowledge of and certainly no respect for the laws of the game , as a current Member of Parliament may remember . |
| 22 | Three operations did not succeed in curing his glaucoma , and he had to give up his business in 1878 , although it was carried on for some years by his daughters , Eleanor , Elizabeth , and Catherine , as E. E. Dancer & Company . |
| 23 | She had never been less communicative either in speech or in manner and it was remarked on by Mrs Browning with curiosity . |
| 24 | ‘ It was voted on by the clubs but there has been no ratification of that by the management committee . |
| 25 | Developed by a team of ex-Digital Research programmers , mainly people who had been responsible for the GEM environment , it was taken on by Xerox who , much to everyone 's amazement , managed to market the product worldwide . |
| 26 | Mr Mallory perceived that his ice was warm and half melted inside its chocolate coating , and that it was dripping on to his new suit . |
| 27 | It was laid on as a surprise by Nick 's colleagues at Norfolk county council . |
| 28 | To the general surprise , the March — it was worked on by Harvey Postlethwaite , now at Ferrari and one of a handful of the really bright ones — proved an effective foil for Hunt 's driving style : Hunt qualified ninth and was running sixth when his engine gave up the ghost . |
| 29 | It was passed on to me , as your commanding officer , to take whatever steps I felt necessary . |
| 30 | When he died it was passed on to my father and then to me . |