Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] on in a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | For the first days , weeks even , I carried on in a light-headed and even giddy way . |
2 | Sandra Peden , her that works in the Co-operative she 's a Gold Medallist in Elocution you know , well wait till I tell you she came on in a long Laura Ashley nightdress carrying a Wee Willie Winkie candlestick with wee pink bedsocks and a matching pompom hat and did Holy Willie 's Prayer . |
3 | ‘ It is , actually , ’ she went on in a normal voice . |
4 | ‘ You can tell your father , ’ she went on in a low voice , ‘ there 's plenty in the valley willing to help . |
5 | ‘ I did mean what I said last night , ’ she went on in a strangled whisper . |
6 | He went on in a similar vein . |
7 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ he went on in a low voice , ‘ I lie awake at night thinking of what would happen to this place if you should die without issue . ’ |
8 | ‘ The next morning , ’ he went on in a flat emotionless voice , ‘ I rose late . |
9 | ‘ I 'll ring for a taxi , ’ he went on in a flat tone . |
10 | ‘ Partly as a result of excessive leniency , ’ he went on in a familiar line of argument , ‘ there has been developed a pestiferous class of young ruffians who have caused great suffering to the respectable … to whom they have become a terror . ’ |
11 | ‘ You 'll have other interests now , though , ’ he went on in a friendly , easy manner . |