Example sentences of "went on [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , they just went on to their fifth form |
| 2 | His pleasure was that England went on to their first home victory against the West Indies since 1969 . |
| 3 | His pleasure was that England went on to their first home victory against the West Indies since 1969 . |
| 4 | Boosted by the appearance of Chris Wilkinson , who had just returned home after gruelling 5 month tour of the Far East and Australasia , Hampshire went on to their historical achievement with some sterling doubles ' performances by the whole team . |
| 5 | She was happy to be near a door into the street , where she could see passers-by and know that other lives went on in their placid courses . |
| 6 | Sloman prompts one to ask what it could be like to be an entity that controlled all existing ( presumably conscious ) human beings but had no access to what went on in their conscious minds at all , and of which , ex hypothesi , the humans themselves were not aware ? |