Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they 'd carry on getting the reduced rate prior to the period of disallowance . |
| 2 | No but they know the form , you know , we ca I ca n't erm I 'm not sure and then , now I 'm learning , you know , and it 's li I 'm learning the hard way and I 've got ta carry on learning the hard way cos I ca n't break it , you know ? |
| 3 | For the time being Jonathon will carry on cleaning the empty theatre in the hope that one day he 'll be on the stage and the seats will be full . |
| 4 | Love , pride , and foolishness combined to make him keep on wearing the green coat , however . |
| 5 | and , and you know you could n't get a lot of money , although of course nationally , the rates of pay were governed nationally , they were going up and up and up and there was no way that we could keep pace , we could n't keep on increasing the tuppeny fare . |
| 6 | How do we set about getting the true beliefs that we need if our actions are to succeed in fulfilling our desires ? |
| 7 | Rather than risk not having the perfect shade she started buying those little sample containers and trying them out on a wall . |
| 8 | Some younger patients will need to develop this into a walk/jog sequence to get the heart rate up to the necessary level , and will ultimately take up jogging the whole distance . |
| 9 | I also feel that this country can not go on permitting the unrestricted sale of looted antiquities from abroad . |
| 10 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 11 | If you provide memorable highlights , people will go away feeling the whole event was good ; they will gradually forget the weak parts of the event ( though I hope you wo n't ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Else thee 'll end up scrubbing the bloody step like me . ’ |
| 13 | The sad thing is such behaviour will only end up getting the poor stalker or ghillie the sack so it 's not worth the trouble . |
| 14 | His reaction had bewildered her , but she did n't want to dwell on it , because she knew that she would inevitably end up spending the entire evening thinking of him , and then feeling frustrated and angry with herself for having given in to her private weakness . |
| 15 | ‘ At least I do n't go round killing the poor buggers , ’ he says . |
| 16 | Every evening he would come down wearing the black cashmere jacket he had worn on the first night , and in a mood that was somehow expectant . |
| 17 | Because you ca n't live without doing the proper thing ? |
| 18 | The implications of this are increased unemployment , since the government can not continue indefinitely expanding the non-marketed sector . |