Example sentences of "on [verb] [prep] [art] [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 | A few youngsters may go on sniffing for a while — perhaps regularly with their friends . |
8 | We are looking forward to a visit from prominent physiotherapist Vivian Grisogono , who , with her vast and expert knowledge of treating sports injuries , has much to impart about the way we enthusiastically drive our bodies on to perform at a pace that often proves harmful . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | We went on walking for a while , in silence . |
11 | He carried on walking through the bodies , looking at the nurses . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | I carry on walking down the street , careful not to bump into people so I do n't fall over again . |
14 | It 's pretty difficult to cross the road on account of all the traffic , so I just carry on walking on the pavement . |
15 | ‘ Not much , ’ he dismissed as he carried on walking towards the cottage . |
16 | After a bit I get bored and carry on walking up the street . |
17 | They carried on walking round the side-shows . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | She joined Jean 's class in 1962 and went on to train as a teacher . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | He went on to work as a designer and translator for an Austrian publisher , where the manager , Otto Preminger ( later a celebrated film director ) introduced him to Max Reinhardt . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | Successful candidates then go on to work on an MSc dissertation , or are recommended for registration for a PhD or MPhil . |
27 | She went on to work for the Friends ' Committee in France , Austria , Poland , and Greece . |
28 | He went on to work in a hospital ship in the Mediterranean — a year which he later described as being one of the most enjoyable of his life . |
29 | Next month he travels to Nuremburg to do parish work before going on to work in the archives in the Papal capital . |
30 | Peter Morgan had no complaints , however , and went on to work in the hotels and restaurants of the Lyons empire . |