Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We have now finished coaling at Chapmans Well , but had to wait right to the very end for the best coal .
2 Then Julius glanced up at her , and for just an instant Jessamy seemed to see right through the protective shield with which he had surrounded himself .
3 Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place .
4 Therefore they would have to carry on with the remaining group .
5 Trying to carry on with the normal routine while suffering from depression has been likened to driving a car in top gear with the brakes full on .
6 Great efforts would be needed to restore the party to its strong position of 1914 and to carry on with the fundamental changes that had been under way then , but the war years had done no lasting damage .
7 Those who care for ‘ ordinary ’ old people learn much about the courage and competence which so many display ; they discover that it is their ordinariness which is remarkable — their determination to carry on with the daily business of life , often in the face of considerable difficulties .
8 I am to remain ill and without treatment , I am to carry on with the exhausting task of caring for an old and senile woman . ’
9 and erm , it is therefore in those circumstances foolhardy in my opinion to carry on with the British Assessment Programme at the present rate when the effects on our roads are likely to be so drastic
10 After various consultations with interested parties , it was decided to carry on in the traditional manner .
11 Even then it should not apply where all that the Purchaser does is to carry on in the ordinary course of the business .
12 Such persistence is not easy because there is nothing to go on except the general hunch that there ought to be an opportunity somewhere about .
13 If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time .
14 I had to go on to the usual horror .
15 Then continue walking at this pace until you feel ready to go on to the 30 day walk back to fitness programme later in this chapter .
16 If he does this then a sociological perspective has been brought to bear on the first idea and the researcher is ready to go on to the next step , which will be one of limiting his ideas to a feasible scheme of work .
17 When you are ready to go on to the next potency , the whole process is repeated with a single poppy seed granule of the desired strength .
18 We must insist on a system of tests that will be for the benefit of the pupils ; that will test what each one can do in practical work and in theoretical understanding ; and will serve as a motive for each to go on to the next stage .
19 But evolution ploughed on remorselessly , enabling only the most adaptable to go on to the next stage .
20 It concerns me , in fact I was , I 've had a theory for a couple of years now , that what the Tories wish us all to do is to go on to the American system of medical insurance .
21 To go on with the utter silence or to break the silence , pretending nothing had happened .
22 It is possible to go on with the same therapist to deal with the problems which caused you to need the regression experience in the first place .
23 With bottle feeding you have some choices after six months ; to go on with the original formula , use a follow-on formula or start boiled cow 's milk .
24 It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured .
25 Such arguments over values , political or religious , were to go on into the next decade .
26 Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop .
27 So I started to write a variation on the first bar and told her to go on in the same way and to keep to the idea .
28 Ordinarily , learning allows us to go on in the same way , to repeat what has been learned , whether it is a matter of fact ( that London is the capital of England ) or an action ( driving a car in familiar circumstances ) .
29 A concrete breakwater stretches away to sink slowly in the dark distance .
30 The big cat started to swing on to the other tack but a swell caught her bow , slamming her back .
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