Example sentences of "go on [prep] great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's hope he goes on to greater things . |
| 2 | We have brought pride back to Teesside and we want to go on to greater things . ’ |
| 3 | You skirt Godinton Park to go on to Great Chart . |
| 4 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
| 5 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 6 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
| 7 | Spend the immediate post-Smiths period saying how he was the talented one and would go on to great things . |
| 8 | But of course Robert was right and the rider did go on to greater things . |
| 9 | ‘ That officer went on to great deeds . |
| 10 | Ayr , Irvine and Kilmarnock Academies could each lay claim to having had the largest number of scholars who went on to great things but , before these grander seats of learning were established , several small , seemingly totally inadequate schools had produced a succession of men of whom the county can be proud . |
| 11 | From this small beginning , Mr. Shipsey went on to greater things for we used to hear of his progress after the monthly meetings of the Ancient Order of Foresters as both Dad and his friend were Past Chief Rangers . |
| 12 | But a fair number of them went on to greater things . |
| 13 | He went on at great length on this subject , banging his pastoral staff on the floor and haranguing the assembly until the pope cried ‘ Enough ’ , and the reading of the decrees was resumed . |
| 14 | So they went on with great difficulty . |
| 15 | In our case this iteration has gone on at great lengths and I and my colleagues have had to struggle to ensure that we have allocated enough time to deciding the direction in which the company should be going , and the changes that have to be carried out in order to get it there . |
| 16 | Sometimes Mr. Campbell can extend the licence for another nine months and about 40 to 50 percent of businesses started at the enterprise centre have gone on to greater success . |
| 17 | Alex Redpath and Willie Gribben , two workaholic officials , have traced all previous 20 programmes of the finals and have ear-marked a number of players who have gone on to greater things at international , inter-provincial and senior club level . |