Example sentences of "on [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on looking at the disgusting bits . |
| 2 | If you are happy to go on living under the constant threat of war , if you are prepared to see the discoveries of science perverted by inadequate people to the creation of foul weapons , what can I do ? |
| 3 | ( Hu Yaobang and his family , for example , were allowed to carry on living in the privileged conditions of Zhongnanhai and Fang Lizhi was still allowed to travel abroad . ) |
| 4 | David began to think that it might be possible to go on living in the same house as Julia and Anthony without either betraying himself or suffering unendurable frustration . |
| 5 | If Dreadnought went on sinking at the present rate , in ten minutes the hole would n't be above the waterline , but below . |
| 6 | Kate felt her cheeks tinge once more with pink as she went on listening to the good-natured chaff Mike Booker was taking on her behalf . |
| 7 | And in the long term , as Keynes might also have said , we will keep on worrying about the short term . |
| 8 | A girl who is very tall for her age may fear that she will go on growing at the same rate indefinitely , while a boy who is shorter than his mates of the same age may be afraid that he will be permanently undersized . |
| 9 | and went on pouring in the horrible growing |
| 10 | In that case , shopkeepers and manufacturers might be prepared to drop their profit margins , absorb the tax and go on selling at the same price . |
| 11 | Britain 's jobless total will top three million around Christmas and carry on rising into the New Year . |
| 12 | Sorting went on day and night for a fortnight , and indeed beyond , for books kept on coming till the last moment of the sale . |
| 13 | But mainly she kept on bodyboarding on the quieter waves between Sunset and Backyards , going to parties , hanging out at the Sugar Bar , and talking to her friends on the telephone . |
| 14 | The population nevertheless went on increasing until the decennial census of 1851 , when it reached a peak of about 424,000 . |
| 15 | There are 5000 collapses and blockages every year in England and Wales and , says the Water Research Centre , the number will carry on increasing in the coming decades . |
| 16 | Town made all the running … but they kept on falling at the final hurdle in front of goal … |
| 17 | Although he expects margins to keep on falling during the coming year , he does believe the rate of decline will slow . |
| 18 | Still , although he expects margins to keep on falling during the coming year , he does believe the rate of decline will slow . |
| 19 | I carry on talking with the same chattiness and speed that got Jane Austen 's heroines into trouble . |
| 20 | She could n't carry on sitting in the comparative warmth of the jeep in the middle of nowhere , in the hope that a helpful garage man — or woman ; she was n't choosy — might happen by . |
| 21 | ‘ The day has come when India should go for new faces and not go on trying with the old ones , who have failed us miserably , ’ he said . |
| 22 | did you carry on working at the same place ? |
| 23 | As Trevor is self-employed and intends to carry on working beyond the usual retirement age , he 'll receive his payout just when he needs it — with cash to spare , helping towards the world cruise that he and his wife had always promised themselves . |
| 24 | With the dropping of 11 days , the old March 25 became April 5 , and tax collectors went on working from the old day with its new date . |
| 25 | ‘ Some even have to carry on sleeping in the same bed — back to back in angry silence . |