Example sentences of "he [vb past] to go on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your virginal shyness when we were in bed together … ’ he began to go on , but Fabia just was n't ready for this conversation — she doubted that she ever would be . |
| 2 | He decided to go on to the second and third caves , determined to find what he was looking for . |
| 3 | but of course that does n't leave me much to talk about , becau , however he managed to go on for about ten minutes |
| 4 | He started in political life as he meant to go on , sympathising with ‘ Action Francaise ’ and making his first political gesture at the age of 26 as one of the threatening , right-wing mob who were driven back by police gunfire when they tried to storm the Chamber of Deputies in February 1934 . |
| 5 | He meant to go on doing so . ’ |
| 6 | He had to go on . |
| 7 | We left Iraklion , Crete for the three-hour water crossing with another aircraft but , as we were so slow , he had to go on . |
| 8 | ( I stared at him till he had to go on . ) |
| 9 | He has to watch the actor he would replace for signs of strain or imminent collapse and wonder nervously whether he could actually remember the lines if he had to go on . |
| 10 | ’ Here he paused , but he wanted to go on . |
| 11 | They were off the subject of Jenner — at least , in any direct sense — but he wanted to go on watching and listening to her talk . |
| 12 | It was still new to him and he wanted to go on doing it . |