Example sentences of "went on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite his sleepless night , de Castelnau at once went on to the Right Bank and plunged into the work of re-animating the defence . |
| 2 | Scottish graduates went on to the major foreign universities , notably to Paris , and to Cologne , Louvain , Bologna and Montpellier . |
| 3 | The first few days were very trying for Alan as he went on to the new regime suddenly rather than gradually . |
| 4 | As is well known , the Sunday Times case then went on to the European Court of Human Rights which held that the injunction violated Article 10 of the Convention and its right to freedom of expression . |
| 5 | In 1921 he went on to the Technical College at Bandung , founded only the previous year . |
| 6 | Then he went on to the Global the New Consumer , looking at ways and how consumer power could be used for ethical purposes . |
| 7 | He started his carrier as a lyrics writer and then went on to the Daily Telegraph . |
| 8 | He never quite went on to the big scores but has now begun to put that right . |
| 9 | He went on to the Royal Naval College , Dartmouth , for two years before poor eyesight ended plans for a naval career , and he returned to Eton . |
| 10 | That 's very quickly it went on to the hard |
| 11 | and erm I actually received twenty seven and twopence a week , to start with it was paid weekly but subsequently erm we went on to the monthly erm payments and er but that 's what I had and er I used to pay my sister fifteen shillings a week for , for lodgings . |
| 12 | They were now deeply into their mating dance , oblivious to all that went on beyond the charmed circle of their courtship . |
| 13 | There was a lot of dancing to the radio and , later , to John 's guitar ; a lot of Christmas cards were repeatedly sent toppling ; a lot of seasonal goings-on went on under the veritable forest of mistletoe that hung from the centre light . |
| 14 | We went on towards the double doors . |
| 15 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 16 | Life was not quite a state of nature or a question of the survival of the fittest , but in times of no food parcels the partition separating us from that state was unpleasantly thin and even at the best of times it was thin enough to be able to hear most of what went on on the other side . |
| 17 | It would not be proper or right for me to discuss what went on on the specific issues in the Cabinet and I do n't wish to do so . |
| 18 | Mark listened aghast at the naive and dangerous idealism of the young , starry-eyed politician , who was light years away from knowing what really went on at the sharp end of European and international trade . |
| 19 | In some instances the masses did not stop with the obit but went on with the annual ‘ year 's mind ’ for up to ten years or more . |
| 20 | ‘ Not bad , ’ Gay conceded , and went on with the good work . |
| 21 | Frantic consultations went on with the Chinese , the newly-established Gomulka in Poland , with the Romanians , Bulgarians , Czechs , even with Tito . |
| 22 | Then she went on with the lovely task of making herself the most important lady in Tollemarche . |
| 23 | My friend went on down the winding road for about two miles , finishing at the quayside , where he rapped smartly on a door . |
| 24 | She took the torch , using it freely now because speed was of the first importance , and stealth of none at all , and went on down the slippery path towards the thick box hedge , behind which the invisible red roof hung , representing help and companionship . |
| 25 | I went on about the other woman , how she looked and what she was like in bed . |
| 26 | ‘ Anyway , ’ said Lydia , sitting up , ‘ it was Beuno who went on about the golden emerods . ’ |
| 27 | They climbed back into the jeep and went on along the rutted lane , lurching and splashing through deep puddles , the Brigadier worrying audibly all the way because ‘ things were n't as they should be . ’ |
| 28 | It is difficult to assess the significance of the various negotiations which went on between the British and the Indians during the early stages of the war . |
| 29 | The calculated , dictated fairness that the ration book represented went on into the new decade , and when we moved from Hammersmith to Streatham Hill in 1951 there were medicine bottles of orange juice and jars of Virol to pick up from the baby clinic for my sister . |
| 30 | Slipping off her muddy shoes , Leonora went on into the big living-room , every nerve on edge as she crept silently across the familiar worn carpet towards the seductive warmth from the stove , but there was still no sign of Penry . |