Example sentences of "on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | stitch it on through the bottom round |
| 2 | ’ Both of them recovered , and staggered on through the year . |
| 3 | Travelling on through the night the Clintons were due in Forth Worth , Texas , after midnight before flying to Albuquerque , New Mexico , early this morning . |
| 4 | He would stay on through the night although the local doctor had said it was probably useless . |
| 5 | The little onward-beating heart of my son bashes on through the night , its strong signal being transmitted through and across several layers of pillows . |
| 6 | It bucked wildly in the night sky , as if deciding whether or not Richard Branson had been lucky enough already , then righted itself and plied on through the night sky , swift and inviolate . |
| 7 | Creggan moved on through the night wind . |
| 8 | Er these are sort of parties that start at midnightish and go on through the night . |
| 9 | Humming absent-mindedly along with the music on the radio as she sped on through the night , Shannon pursed her lips thoughtfully . |
| 10 | Due to a now-realized continuity error , the blue sky turns to red , the sun goes down and the saucer flies on through the night . |
| 11 | A judge has ruled that a weekend music festival CAN go ahead — but only if performers do n't play on through the night . |
| 12 | Work went on through the night to scatter wood chippings , straw and stone on top of the mud , but traders say it 's too little , too late . |
| 13 | Caspar took no notice of him and carried on through the wood towards the field . |
| 14 | Billy took one of the baskets from Molly , and the three of them wandered on through the wood . |
| 15 | The Oxford-educated daughter of a Norfolk farmer , she began her career as a local authority education officer and inspector of schools , married a headmaster she met on site — he is now an education administrator — moved on through the ranks of Norfolk County Council and chaired Norwich Health Authority . |
| 16 | Sadly , it failed to smother the flames but travelled on through the window , coming to rest on Mr Singh 's Bentley , causing an estimated £567 worth of damage . |
| 17 | They walked on through the graveyard , and Kee said , ‘ My grandfather is here in this graveyard . |
| 18 | We do n't know but I do n't know but that is a doubt as to whether the manufacturing flavour of the past will be carried on through the decade . |
| 19 | But before a settlement is reached , this accounting controversy will rumble on through the winter and early spring . |
| 20 | Friends and relatives tell me I should have stopped by now , and I know I do n't want to carry on through the toddler years . |
| 21 | Our physical characteristics are handed on through the genes but the far more important part of us , the mental , lives on in the minds and eventually in the memory of the human race . |
| 22 | It continues on through the pages of Scripture to the very last words of the book of Revelation . |
| 23 | It is carried on through the medium of lullabies . |
| 24 | She gave no reply but went on through the store-room , whose walls were lined with shelves , some holding bottles of sweets , others boxes of all sizes , then through another door and into a corridor , from which , six feet to the right of her , a door led into the store-room of the tobacconist shop . |
| 25 | Thus , one could take a random sample of the battalions first and then on through the companies and platoons until the actual individual soldiers were sampled only from a limited number of platoons instead of from the whole brigade . |
| 26 | a telephone call will tell you whether you 've the papers wo n't be drawn up but they will be able to tell him on through the phone whether it 's okay . |
| 27 | His objective had to be to drive on through the tumult and horror as best they could , not to get involved with individuals or groups , not to be sidetracked , so as to reach that further side , there to turn and repeat the dire process , difficult as this must be . |
| 28 | And so he went on through the calculator to get the number of ways for ten buttons — 3,628,800 . |
| 29 | Away from the prying eyes of the world , the newlyweds sailed the Aegean and Ionian Seas and on through the Suez Canal . |
| 30 | She was anxious at the long absence of her visitor , and at the voices , her mother 's voice in particular , sounding on and on through the afternoon . |