Example sentences of "to carry on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It soon became apparent to Lily that the wife and the young man were in the midst of an affaire , which by secret signs and language they seemed able to carry on during the journey . |
| 2 | Part of the panel members is might be classed as partly walking wounded but endeavour to carry on during the course of the day , you will find out who 's the walking wounded . |
| 3 | I wanted to carry on as an airborne soldier , a paratrooper , enjoying the prestige which came from being part of an elite , and also the better pay and training opportunities that were the lot of such units . |
| 4 | ‘ Hopefully I 'll be able to carry on as an amateur and help mum in the shop . ’ |
| 5 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 6 | When that happens , you simply ask the reader to carry on to the next shock-horror exclusive , and the next , and the next , and so on , until the point is driven home . |
| 7 | It gave us all the boost we needed to carry on to the launch and , after that , to the second anniversary of John 's captivity . |
| 8 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 9 | Net trading surpluses , from which funds were allocated , evaporated ; for most of 1921 and 1922 the LCS Political Committee was forced to carry on without a grant . |
| 10 | Friends and relatives tell me I should have stopped by now , and I know I do n't want to carry on through the toddler years . |
| 11 | I am to remain ill and without treatment , I am to carry on with the exhausting task of caring for an old and senile woman . ’ |
| 12 | A woman spends many years charring in Cremona ; she saves all her money to buy an apartment for her son when he gets married ; her no-good husband , the boy 's father , reappears after years and demands assistance ; she refuses ; when the son is engaged , she relents and negotiates subsidies to her ex-husband , for a suit , a car , a wedding-present ; she organizes a big reception to which she invites all her former employers ; nobody comes except a tennis-star ; there is no sign of the husband ; her lawyer tells her that the girl her son is marrying is her husband 's mistress and that he had already taken over the apartment ; she reflects a moment and decides to carry on with the reception , everything is all right , ‘ if no one notices anything , it is as though nothing has happened ’ ; passers-by are invited to join the wedding-party , which they happily do because the tennis-star is present ; the husband turns up in his new car ; no one takes any notice of him because no one knows who he is , except for the dealer he sometimes does jobs for , who tells him all new cars lose half their value as soon as they are bought and end up on the scrapheap anyway . |
| 13 | Therefore they would have to carry on with the remaining group . |
| 14 | He was shaken , slightly concussed and in no state to carry on with the show . |
| 15 | Trying to carry on with the normal routine while suffering from depression has been likened to driving a car in top gear with the brakes full on . |
| 16 | During this period of numbness , people are perfectly able to carry on with the practicalities of living . |
| 17 | The FIVE NATIONS COMMITTEE has agreed to carry on with the successful recent experiment of having the referees ‘ wired ’ to the commentators ' headphones during games . |
| 18 | ‘ He obviously was n't going to carry on with the Seven ; he 'd had his fun with it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ In fact , it was only after some debate that the organisers decided to carry on with the event , and some changes had to be made to the canoe course to make it easier for the rescue boats to assist competitors . |
| 20 | Those who care for ‘ ordinary ’ old people learn much about the courage and competence which so many display ; they discover that it is their ordinariness which is remarkable — their determination to carry on with the daily business of life , often in the face of considerable difficulties . |
| 21 | So the NETRHA decided to carry on with the Friern and Claybury programme in the absence of feasible alternatives . |
| 22 | Great efforts would be needed to restore the party to its strong position of 1914 and to carry on with the fundamental changes that had been under way then , but the war years had done no lasting damage . |
| 23 | It would take about an hour and a half to fix and heat up the oven ; and , of course , once it was started we had to carry on with the job of re-tyring . |
| 24 | We 'll have to carry on with the Week of the Lion tour if only to give there good people something to do . |
| 25 | A group of businessmen and politicians decided on Sept. 21 to carry on with the referendum proposal and on Sept. 26 began collecting signatures in favour of the referendum . |
| 26 | Next year , I want to carry on with the course , and do my Highers as well . ’ |
| 27 | Erm you look fairly fit thank you very much , you know , very sweet of you dear , erm tt and I think to , to carry on with the regards to well how much do you earn you went all around the houses , do n't apologize and say well I have to ask you because , you know , , you know you need to know |
| 28 | Now she 's selling , but nobody wants to carry on with the music.Debbie Kelly reports . |
| 29 | When they reached Scarborough Pat , 58 , a steelworker from Middlesbrough , was taken to the town 's hospital where nurses bandaged his bruised and swollen fingers and he vowed to carry on with the journey . |
| 30 | And he said , well would you like to carry on with the contract ? |