Example sentences of "on [to-vb] [prep] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FORMER Darlington goalkeeper Jeff Wealands , who went on to play for Hull City and Manchester United after leaving Feethams , has decided to quit senior football . |
| 2 | The girls , spurred on by their victory went on to win their next league match and the boys went on to play for England football and cricket teams . |
| 3 | Before going on to look at London Jamaican and Black London English in Chapters 4 and 5 , I shall discuss some relevant research and theory relating to Caribbean Creoles in Chapter 3 . |
| 4 | Mrs Tholen , who went on to specialise in theatre work , has proved herself to be the gardener of the family despite her husband 's success with carnations carefully nurturing the acre of gardens in which their four-bedroomed detached home is set . |
| 5 | Liverpool- born , Oliver was for five years a chorister at St Paul 's Cathedral before going on to study at Oxford University where he met with his first operatic success in The Duchess of Malfi . |
| 6 | Educated at a state school in Hampstead , he went on to study at Oxford University . |
| 7 | In a similar vein , the book goes on to review off balance sheet finance , capitalisation of costs , capital instruments , brand accounting and currency mismatching . |