Example sentences of "[vb mod] go [adv prt] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a sinking heart , she also realised that she must go on living with the Ward family , at least for now . |
| 2 | In 1916 , when her daughter Carrie 's husband was killed at the Somme , she managed that too , looking after the three-year old my mother , so that Carrie could go on working at the mill . |
| 3 | We would go on loving in the same old way … |
| 4 | So it was agreed that while Mrs MacDonagh would go on looking after the two youngest Milligans during the day , Dermot , Fergal and Mike , the eldest brothers , would take over as soon as they were back from school . |
| 5 | And so finely tuned is its sense of hearing and its appreciation of timing that it will go on feeding until the very last minute , only springing to safety after the rattler has launched its otherwise deadly final strike . |
| 6 | A girl who is very tall for her age may fear that she will go on growing at the same rate indefinitely , while a boy who is shorter than his mates of the same age may be afraid that he will be permanently undersized . |
| 7 | If , on the other hand , gases continue to escape while the lava is being erupted , bubbles will go on growing in the lava , and these will be preserved in the rock when it cools . |
| 8 | ‘ By the late eighties the global plans of the major US multinationals will have created a massive UK trade deficit of around seven billion pounds which will go on increasing with the growth of the number of vehicles in use . |