Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] on in [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might go on in that vein to explain that occasional ‘ wrecks ’ of birds occur ( to use the ornithologists ' term ) , where huge numbers of birds are driven off course by a storm , and end up scattered over the land in an exhausted state . |
| 2 | ‘ … it wo n't really be dying , because you 'll live on in this plant . ’ |
| 3 | All brood parasites show a range of fascinating adaptations in support of their unorthodox life style , but the best-known and most fully studied is undoubtedly the European cuckoo which is the species we shall concentrate on in this chapter . |
| 4 | I thought I would go on in that job — hairdressing . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think he will stay on in that role , ’ Mr Smith added , ‘ but we will consider the future in our own time . ’ |
| 6 | The processes that have been described will go on in any event . |
| 7 | One can go on in this knockabout vein for some time , because some of the illogicalities of the Velikovskian scientists are very funny indeed . |