Example sentences of "went on [prep] that " in BNC.

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1 Whatever research still went on in that area remained the privilege of Tech-Green itself : unpublished and hidden .
2 Yet whatever went on in that race , Kelly was certain that Short was a part of it .
3 A certain amount of research into the effects of ageing went on in that period ( and not only in Britain ) but much of it was forgotten when the crisis of ageing and labour shortage seemed less acute in the 1960s — the ‘ age of automation ’ ( Bagrit , 1965 ) , of greater availability of female and immigrant labour and of youth .
4 ‘ Do you remember how it used to be between us , Jessamy ? ’ he went on in that same low and almost hypnotic voice .
5 The only other thing I have to put to you is this that I 've already put to er what we allege went on in that bedroom .
6 But she could not say a word as he went on in that same tone .
7 George was recording ‘ Under Lock And Key ’ , Steve was doing ‘ Eat ‘ Em And Smile ’ in David Lee Roth 's band ( with Billy Sheehan ) , Megadeth were doing ‘ Armored Saint ’ , and the list went on from that .
8 He went on from that bright start , becoming the youngest to reach 1000 runs in the Ranji Trophy .
9 But it was impossible to tell what went on behind that massive , tortured brow , perpetually corrugated as if in a continual wince and recoil from life .
10 She sighed ; what the hell was she doing trying to speculate what went on behind that good-looking façade ?
11 and it went on like that
12 It went on like that , the three of us never quite living together , never wholly apart .
13 He went on like that ; really he did !
14 He went on like that until the chief officer nodded him through with a glazed look in his eyes .
15 It went on like that all the way out of Lima , Ward 's voice sometimes hard and accusing , sometimes dangerously quiet , and the Indian mumbling his replies , and sometimes answering in his own tongue .
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