Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] on in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first days , weeks even , I carried on in a light-headed and even giddy way . |
| 2 | Sandra Peden , her that works in the Co-operative she 's a Gold Medallist in Elocution you know , well wait till I tell you she came on in a long Laura Ashley nightdress carrying a Wee Willie Winkie candlestick with wee pink bedsocks and a matching pompom hat and did Holy Willie 's Prayer . |
| 3 | ‘ It is , actually , ’ she went on in a normal voice . |
| 4 | ‘ You can tell your father , ’ she went on in a low voice , ‘ there 's plenty in the valley willing to help . |
| 5 | ‘ I did mean what I said last night , ’ she went on in a strangled whisper . |
| 6 | Mary would work like a slave , but a woman could not take the animals to market , though he knew of widows living alone , soldiers ' wives mostly , who farmed on in a rough way by themselves , their cattle straying and mixing with the herds of others , their oats still standing in November … |
| 7 | He went on in a similar vein . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The next morning , ’ he went on in a flat emotionless voice , ‘ I rose late . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll ring for a taxi , ’ he went on in a flat tone . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll have other interests now , though , ’ he went on in a friendly , easy manner . |