Example sentences of "[verb] on in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elba remains largely unspoilt and life goes on in a traditional vein |
| 2 | Instead of thinking that it is natural for a moving object to carry on in a straight line at a steady speed , and then worrying about how the force of gravity manages to pull all objects — heavy ones and light ones — round in the same orbit , what we ought to be doing is thinking of the path they all follow as being the natural path . |
| 3 | Keith McPhilips , 35 , was drinking in the Restalrig Inn , Edinburgh , when he was repeatedly struck with pool cues , hit with a chair , punched and kicked and had his head jumped on in a sustained attack . |
| 4 | Cords , white or beige , were worn early on in small numbers but in mid'71 black/bottle green/navy straight leg Levi cords caught on in a big way . |
| 5 | The few gypsies remaining on the site this afternoon , who 've asked not to be identified , claim they were picked on in a motiveless attack . |
| 6 | The beam carried on in a straight line , and hit the point where the bullseye ought to have been . |
| 7 | By a majority the Court of Appeal held that on the true analysis the firm had in fact been automatically dissolved ( because its continuance would have been illegal ) so soon as there was a failure to renew the practising certificate by one of its members , and that thereafter the properly qualified partners had carried on in a new partnership at will which was not prevented from recovering its costs . |
| 8 | I do not believe there is any absolute virtue in such openness , in fact , I think that education is ideally carried on in a shared form of life where there is agreement about fundamentals and attention can be concentrated on the task in hand . |
| 9 | Back then , they did n't catch on in a big way . ’ |
| 10 | ( 3 ) In other words , although farm modernisation policies have actively encouraged non-viable or older farmers to retire from farming , many in the poorer areas have not done so , living on in a traditional way for extremely low returns . |
| 11 | For our purposes , culture is simply a convenient term to describe the sum of learned knowledge and skills — including religion and language — that distinguishes one community from another and which , subject to the vagaries of innovation and change , passes on in a recognizable form from generation to generation . |
| 12 | England defenders Rob Jones and Mark Wright came on in a wholesale reshuffle of resources , but any danger that United would feed off the disruption was dismissed by McManaman 's leggy skills . |
| 13 | How do people arrive at conclusions about what is going on in a particular instance ? |
| 14 | On May 8 Sami Abdul-Rahman , a member of the delegation [ see p. 38127 ] , said that " the talks [ were ] going on in a positive spirit " , although questions relating to international guarantees for an accord and Kurdish control over the oil-producing town of Kirkuk remained unresolved . |
| 15 | But the real fun is going on in a nearby barn with pumpkin lanterns . |
| 16 | Their friendship had straggled on in a passive sort of way ; he 'd been to see her in Brighton and played the romantic flirt , talking of Brief Encounter in the pub and putting his hand on her knee . |
| 17 | Jack will be staying on in a consultative position until early next year to help his successor through the opening months of his term . |
| 18 | There 's a school of thought that Hanley should be given a spot on the bench and brought on in a game-breaking role . |
| 19 | Merrill dreamed on in a beautiful drowning . |
| 20 | ‘ It is , actually , ’ she went on in a normal voice . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll ring for a taxi , ’ he went on in a flat tone . |
| 22 | He went on in a similar vein . |
| 23 | ‘ Partly as a result of excessive leniency , ’ he went on in a familiar line of argument , ‘ there has been developed a pestiferous class of young ruffians who have caused great suffering to the respectable … to whom they have become a terror . ’ |
| 24 | She hesitated , then went on in a small voice , ‘ I think I was afraid of what you could do to me . |
| 25 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ he went on in a low voice , ‘ I lie awake at night thinking of what would happen to this place if you should die without issue . ’ |
| 26 | He stopped and went on in a low voice , ‘ I came back early from school and when I came in I saw she 'd been crying . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You can tell your father , ’ she went on in a low voice , ‘ there 's plenty in the valley willing to help . |
| 28 | Miraculously , her voice went on in a steady stream , without a quiver , while her mind tried to take in what had happened . |
| 29 | Oh , I can read the signs as well as anyone , ’ Dora went on in a sudden surge of indignation as Melissa 's eyebrows lifted . |
| 30 | ‘ I saw Liza Carrow , ’ Eleanor went on in a matter-of-fact way . |