Example sentences of "went on [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 2 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 3 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 4 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 5 | On the intellectual front , this unification went on at the same time that in the social history of science specialization was the order of the day . |
| 6 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 7 | It went on in the same tone for several excited paragraphs and ended in an even heavier and blacker print . |
| 8 | ‘ It means of course , ’ she went on in the same level tone , ‘ that you will not be free to make a decision until your uncle dies . |
| 9 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |
| 10 | Sebastian went on in the same vein for quite some minutes . |