Example sentences of "[verb] on [verb] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Some even have to carry on sleeping in the same bed — back to back in angry silence . |
2 | David began to think that it might be possible to go on living in the same house as Julia and Anthony without either betraying himself or suffering unendurable frustration . |
3 | did you carry on working at the same place ? |
4 | We would go on loving in the same old way … |
5 | I will not go on to examine by the same criteria the other manifestations of The Thing , such as the anti-apartheid demonstrations , in which open breach of the law was widely condoned and encouraged by the organs of public opinion . |
6 | A girl who is very tall for her age may fear that she will go on growing at the same rate indefinitely , while a boy who is shorter than his mates of the same age may be afraid that he will be permanently undersized . |
7 | In that case , shopkeepers and manufacturers might be prepared to drop their profit margins , absorb the tax and go on selling at the same price . |
8 | I carry on talking with the same chattiness and speed that got Jane Austen 's heroines into trouble . |