Example sentences of "then [vb past] on to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In later stages , cottage and craft industries were moved into factories , which then led on to the development of ‘ machinofacture ’ ( mechanised production ) through technological innovation . |
| 2 | I paced the house for an hour or so and then got on to the council office . |
| 3 | Somehow we then got on to the theme of French poetry , and Eliot expressed surprise at one of Herbert Read 's recent pronouncements on Laforgue and another nineteenth-century poet I can not recall and about whom at the time I knew too little to be able to arrive at an opinion . |
| 4 | We then moved on to the spiralling property prices in Oxford , the purchase price of the Parsons ' house compared to its current estimated value , the solicitor 's recent attic conversion , and so on and so forth . |
| 5 | Tony came back and handed her a tall glass of iced Pimm 's filled with fruit , then flopped on to the sun-lounger beside her , smiling in his uncomplicated way . |
| 6 | Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye . |
| 7 | This was followed by a film of a mediaeval banquet at which the guests , after much lusty eating and drinking , undressed one another at a leisurely pace , then climbed on to the refectory table for a general post , to the accompaniment on the sound track of much wheezing and grunting . |
| 8 | Vic hesitated , then sprang on to the filing cabinet . |
| 9 | He stumbled then fell on to the track , his scream silenced abruptly as he disappeared beneath the screeching wheels . |
| 10 | He started his carrier as a lyrics writer and then went on to the Daily Telegraph . |
| 11 | Ninety three members and friends then went on to the Headlands Hotel for a celebration dinner where all the ladies received a white carnation . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He then went on to the University of Leipzig where he stayed for four years , except for an interlude in Berlin of eighteen months . |
| 14 | He then went on to the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) on Dec. 23-24 , Kuwait on Dec. 24-26 and Oman on Dec. 26-28 . |
| 15 | ‘ The roof restoration began in 1982 and we then went on to the rest of the building repainting emblems throughout the length of the station , ’ he said . |
| 16 | The boar gave a double hop , then lurched on to the sow 's back . |
| 17 | The same wire then ran on to the pulse-receiver hidden inside the buckle . |
| 18 | Some 20 home fans then ran on to the field in response , but police were able to keep the two factions apart . |
| 19 | He paused a moment , staring about him , and then ran on to the bend . |