Example sentences of "[to-vb] going [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They forced themselves to keep going but they had no enthusiasm . |
| 2 | So you need to have the ability to keep going but you ca n't get stamina till you 've previously got s the , the strength in the muscles to do it . |
| 3 | I found it difficult to keep going because of the hypothetical situation you know we were talking it about it early |
| 4 | At first it were good because it were incentive for her to keep going because she 'd , you know , paid so much but toward the end , she said , it were getting ridiculous . |
| 5 | Denis O'Neil was determined to keep going until he got that son ! |
| 6 | She had to keep going until they reached Ibiza . |
| 7 | So assertive is just being clear in what you want being prepared to keep going until you 've got something along those lines rather than letting people dismiss you or make you feel as though they 've dismissed you and your point not being considered i.e. your point not being heard or going away feeling that your point you did n't have a fair crack because you did n't give your point properly . |
| 8 | It 's a bunch that rides steadily , guided by experienced domestiques who know how to keep going and not lose so much time that they will be eliminated from the Tour as a whole . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm just trying to keep going and hope I do n't break down . ’ |
| 10 | I hardly no how to keep going and you must no that I am not a young man . |
| 11 | At the moment paid employment ( even if it 's making rubber ducks for export ) brings status and income , whereas work , which we all do to keep going and may well do voluntarily in our communities , carries neither income nor status . |
| 12 | to keep going and everything . |
| 13 | Pseudo-objectives may be set in terms of size and assets but they are descriptions of the general intention to keep going and getting bigger . |
| 14 | ‘ I was enjoying it so much I just wanted to keep going and going ’ |
| 15 | I was enjoying it so much I wanted to keep going and going . |
| 16 | And er I was n't eating right because I just did n't feel hungry I did n't bother about food I just seemed to keep going and keep going . |
| 17 | ‘ You got to keep going when you find 'em , ’ he continued , ‘ the little buggers disappear as fast as they come . ’ |
| 18 | We also had to keep going when we often wanted to give up . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ Emily said , ‘ I have to let you all go , Summer Lodge is no longer mine and , in any case , there is simply not the means to keep going as we have been . ’ |
| 20 | Er either sooner or later we 've just got to keep going as I say . |
| 21 | We made the mistake of not putting in the trees before the hedges and it 's taken them seven or eight years to get going because it 's so exposed . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll have to tell me missis about that trick , and tell her to get going and save some money … |
| 23 | The species also exhibited a character trait which was familiar to Gustave : ‘ I am , in both my physical and my mental activity , like the dromedary , which it is very hard to get going and very hard , once it is going , to stop ; continuity is what I need , whether of rest or of motion . ’ |