Example sentences of "to carry on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 PETER SHILTON is 90 minutes from a potential disaster — but the former England international vows to carry on as player-manager of Plymouth even if the club lose to non-League Dorking tomorrow .
2 However , after a lively meeting with directors , Reg was persuaded to carry on as coach by three men in a hearse who asked to meet him outside during a beer break .
3 Neil gets nod to carry on at Leeds
4 I immediately gestured to the Hurricanes to carry on to Malta by themselves as we were ditching and we turned for the coast ourselves , losing height all the way .
5 I do have a question and , and it has n't made , that has n't made it particularly clear as to where we are , you hinted that , and I think that was also seconded here that there might now be a post of some kind to carry on for instance the thing that I 'm particularly worried about is that there 's a sort of hiatus in the heartbeat awards , which I think would be a tragedy if that happened , and I want to be absolutely sure that that is , is n't so .
6 I think I got it because of my local knowledge and the that gave him the facility of being able to carry on without interruption .
7 Only the first was achieved before the collapse of the Society and it was left to Philip Miller to carry on with instruction through his Dictionary .
8 She therefore has to carry on with Stanley .
9 I told her I was frightfully keen to carry on with French .
10 Without the pipeline , or with great delay in its completion , one could see that it would be difficult for the USSR to carry on with business as usual .
11 Perhaps Becky had sold everything as he instructed , he thought , as he left the market to carry on down Whitechapel Road where at least he would have a chance to catch up with one of his sisters , rest and gather his thoughts .
12 They decided that it was very strange and exciting , and a very good reason to gallop around , and to snort and buck , and to carry on like madmen .
13 ‘ Lots of people say it must be easy for my family to carry on in music and that I must have taught them everything — but I feel they just inherited their love of music as it 's in our blood . ’
14 Picnickers explain that they are prepared to carry on in spite of the odds .
15 Gulliver wanted to step down in August because of business commitments but was asked to carry on by chairman Wallace Mercer until the club had made a decision about a new stadium .
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