Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | However , one has to bear in mind that at the last meeting of the West Essex Health Authority erm they are saying that they ca n't carry on treating the same amount of people erm , because they 're overspend already this year and that they will not treat these er , extra contractual referrals without prior funding being approved and that was co , that was actually stated at the meeting last week . |
| 5 | Love , pride , and foolishness combined to make him keep on wearing the green coat , however . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We can now move on to analyse the middle class and the varied strata within it in terms of this dynamic of structuration . |
| 8 | Secondly , they gave a deterrent theory : the massive support which a man could call on deterred the would-be criminal ( unless his offence was unwitting ) . |
| 9 | The forthcoming spectacle on the Italian pitches this summer has already received considerable hype , with speculation as to whether or not Italy will go on to win the coveted trophy for a record fourth time . |
| 10 | After a brief discussion of the first question , we shall go on to consider the present distribution of services within local government in the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | Once the court is satisfied that there is evidence that D was provoked to lose self-control , it must go on to consider the second requirement : was the provocation enough to make a reasonable man do as D did ? |
| 12 | I also feel that this country can not go on permitting the unrestricted sale of looted antiquities from abroad . |
| 13 | Without conceit , he told me : " I 'm a ones and can go on playing the same music for ever . " |
| 14 | They ca n't go on making the same widget day after day . |
| 15 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 16 | Lacking the ability perhaps to identify the chemical components in proper scientific vocabulary , the groups may exchange emotions , fears and hopes — and may then go on to decipher the chemical nomenclature together , if it proves to be necessary , and desirable that they do so . |
| 17 | She did not go on to express the next thought in her mind : thank goodness Annabel was going away to school , and very soon the association would be closed , for its continuance would create an impossible situation . |
| 18 | If that happens , UEFA will determine the winners on the aggregate score of the two matches involving the rivals — so whoever wins on April 7 will almost certainly go on to contest the European Cup final . |