Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [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 | I also feel that this country can not go on permitting the unrestricted sale of looted antiquities from abroad . |
| 7 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |