Example sentences of "go [adv prt] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Although she has been teaching now for some eight years , on and off , although she enjoys it , feels she is good at it , and would like to go on doing it for the rest of her life if possible , she always feels a twinge of anxiety at the beginning of a new term .
2 He could n't go on seeing her in the circumstances .
3 ‘ We 're all fine , there 's no damage to the building and we 've been able to continue broadcasting without interruption , ’ she assured him , her voice sharp as resentment rose , and she went on to inform him of the decision she had taken .
4 Dalgliesh went on to question him about the blotter and the spent match .
5 He went on pressing it until the starter engine ground to a halt .
6 ‘ I do n't think that 'd do him much harm , ’ she said , and went on to tell him about the incident in the Village , finishing up with the assassin 's miraculous recovery .
7 He went on to tell them about the school .
8 He went on admiring them in the face of the snobbish dismissal of them by many artists of the Hague school , who sneered at woodcuts as ‘ those things you find in the South Holland Café . ’
9 It was he who went on to train me to the point where I could begin to set in motion a way to extract revenge from the blanc nations , and ensure that no one would so betray us again .
10 go on Samson go on put it in the goal , go on Samson I 'll bet .
11 Couples seem to be delaying the start of a family even though they then go on to complete it within the same time .
12 All the same , the text makes no claim to be citing this rescript , and it is very curious that the jurist should first limit his remarks to the facts as stated and then go on to limit them to the words quoted ; especially since the facts stated amount to little more than those words .
13 Some of them came to Kufra , and a deputation of Zuwaya went out to meet them in the desert , inviting them to turn back .
14 We went out to meet him at the airport and Signe hugged him and told him how much she 'd missed him and how she had cooked all his favourite foods for one vast homecoming meal but she had had an urgent phone call about sickness in the family and the dinner had all burned up so now we must eat in a restaurant .
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