Example sentences of "[to-vb] on the family " in BNC.
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| 1 | Born in Venice in 1751 , Tim 's paternal ancestor Zaccaria died in London at the age of 76 , leaving his eldest son Joseph to carry on the family name . |
| 2 | He seems to have been trained , along with his three brothers , to carry on the family business , which also included bookselling . |
| 3 | To carry on the family tradition and blackmail Corosini . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And needed someone to carry on the family name and the title , to stop any distant relative from — ’ |
| 5 | None of their three sons Roy , Robert and Clive have decided to carry on the family tradition . |
| 6 | This is not an aim — this is a method ; the aim underpinning this response is to get another agency to take on the family . |