Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [v-ing] 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 | I also feel that this country can not go on permitting the unrestricted sale of looted antiquities from abroad . |
| 8 | Without conceit , he told me : " I 'm a ones and can go on playing the same music for ever . " |
| 9 | They ca n't go on making the same widget day after day . |
| 10 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |