Example sentences of "going on [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Crompton , awarded the OBE in 1962 , joined the RAF in 1942 and flew in India and Burma before going on to hold a number of RAF training positions . |
| 2 | After a five day course on reach truck driving Derek scored an outstanding 85 per cent in the written test before going on to give a perfect display of driving for the examiners . |
| 3 | She began a letter a month after their arrival with the words , ‘ Here we are in a large mansion , in a large park , with seventy head of deer around us ’ , before going on to describe a house which contained ‘ furniture enough for a dozen families like ours ’ . |
| 4 | However , before going on to propose a test for semantic constituency , it might be useful to clarify the notion further in an informal way . |
| 5 | Pat told the Careers Officer : ‘ I 'm going on to become a professional footballer ’ . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Hopeless , I know , ’ said Karelius , going on to relate a fictitious story of the difficulties encountered by one of his farmer patients in obtaining payment for fodder . |
| 7 | Work is currently going on to prepare a book so that parishes can be helped to develop the part they have to play in handing on the faith to our children . |