Example sentences of "carried on [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The remaining 18 groups involved in the talks carried on debating an election date , pencilled in provisionally for April 27 next year .
2 He carried on sanding the blank into shape .
3 We carried on using the encyclopedia to make plans , taking ourselves out of that room to beautiful , exotic places , places of joyful freedom , sailing oceans , crossing mountain ranges and doing something worthwhile .
4 We both laughed and carried on watching the fish .
5 Ymor carried on watching the tourist .
6 I ignored it and carried on taking a long break .
7 It always was going to be a mad situation , though , as long as the Government carried on taking the coward 's way out by leaving it to the judges in Luxembourg or the Eurocrats in Brussels to sort things out for them .
8 He even smiled bravely as he carried on recording a show for the new series of You Bet , starting on Friday .
9 Then it appeared to decide we were n't a threat — or a source of food — and carried on munching the vegetation .
10 I spent it on a bike , carried on doing a paper round , and by the time I was 14 , I was already contributing to the family coffers .
11 When they ignore the whole idea of pandering to a European market , they can be quite good , as in Tarkovsky 's Italian-funded productions , where he just carried on making the same film that had obsessed him for the past 30 years , only a bit more slowly .
12 He carried on bunching the material in his fist , expecting to be stopped any second , until he had the hem of the dress in each hand .
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