Example sentences of "he [vb past] on [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved on slowly until he reached one of the roads into the city . |
| 2 | AT THE Dylan show in New York a week previously , he came on directly after Sinead O'Connor got booed off . |
| 3 | Cooper gradually grew to hate Sutherland , and as John Richardson says , ‘ He remarked on more than one occasion that he would ‘ do a Lady Churchill ’ on it ’ ( referring to Lady Churchill 's infamous burning of a much-despised Sutherland portrait of her husband , Sir Winston ) . |
| 4 | He hung on desperately as it staggered two-legged across the road and then , screaming , turned and galloped into the woods . |
| 5 | He went on ahead while Willie staggered on after him . |
| 6 | He sat on alone until all unease was lost in a luxury of self-absorption . |