Sentence examples for it survived on from inspiring English sources

"House" didn't survive for all those years on its operating-room scenes; it survived on Hugh Laurie's ever-deeper portrayal.

It survived on $46,000 in donations — mostly $50 each — in its first year, but completed 12 projects and started another 20.

How it survived on the plane I don't know – a few bulbs didn't.

By 2000, Milosevic's fiefdom was rotten to the core; it survived on corruption, the fear of exposure on the part of many criminals and war profiteers, and hostility toward the world.

It survived on modest income from the World Cup finals, and relatively little was done to promote football in developing countries or to explore the game's business potential within the West's postwar economic boom.

It survived on modest income from the World Cup finals, and relatively little was done to promote football in less-developed countries or to explore the game's business potential within the West's booming economy.

While hibernating, it survives on protein energy reserves that are stored in its skin and along its tail.

But it survives on word from home.

Today it survives on less, she said.

Dinkins, gaveled the board into terminal adjournment, it survives on paper.

It survives on particular excellence in particular areas – say Patrick Cockburn on Islamic State – and some neat positioning between left and right.