Example sentences of "would [vb infin] on [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cornelius would remain on at school until real work could be found for him . |
| 2 | A long sash window framing a view down , far below , to where she fancied she could almost see the floodlit Verdala Palace and the Buskett Gardens , where the Mnarja would flow on until dawn … |
| 3 | Vincent would move on from evangelist to artist , and the great Russian , determined to live a life modelled on Christ , was beginning to regard all art as frivolous . |
| 4 | ‘ I took them from her , ’ she said instead , fearing mention of police interest would lead on to computer codes and MacQuillan 's business methods . |
| 5 | He would go on to look at the banks and their debtors , and find all the symptoms he needed to confirm a diagnosis of monetary anorexia . |
| 6 | He said that while some of the pupils may have only experimented with drugs , there was always the worry that they would go on to try other , harder drugs . |
| 7 | Tall and strong , with very broad shoulders , he would go on to claim 202 victims at 25 from his 47 Tests , of which 50 came in a dozen games against England . |
| 8 | Crozier sought to delay the making of the statement on the ground that it defamed him and might prejudice the jury in Barnet 's action against him , which would come on for trial some six months later . |
| 9 | Luke would rave on about change . |