Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | His a terrible , so we did n't go near him right through on the playing field , and then Katherine , I found to get , I sat , found a way to get them near Matthew and then Katherine said , I tickled him on the back , and I 'd kept on doing that . . |
| 2 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 3 | As for Edward — it was clear that I 'd stumbled on to sensitive ground . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish I 'd stayed on at college . |
| 5 | I 'd crumpled on to the door mat and I remember a fearful pain , but whether it was my head or my ankle , I do n't really know . |
| 6 | Most of them broke when I peeled the real leaf off the chocolate which I 'd painted on — not quite up to Mum 's standards of patience and perfection , but who ever saw lots of perfect leaves ( not on a tree ) anyway . |
| 7 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 9 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 10 | ‘ And what his idea was , in a way I suppose , was just to see the position which I had to get the horse into before he had the job with the mare ; and he wondered how the job was done with the harness I 'd got on . |
| 11 | But obviously I 'd got on to something a bit more skilled and I still had this know all attitude . |
| 12 | There was the wall I 'd sat on ! |
| 13 | ‘ Do I have to move on , sir ? |
| 14 | No , what I meant , is if saying that if I camped onto that number over there 3414 , and if that phone becomes free , this phone starts ringing and I might be doing something , so by the time I 've picked it up to make that connection , suppose 3414 is then making another outgoing call , do I have to camp on yet again to 3414 ? |
| 15 | I did n't want to risk Mrs Long , and Mrs Travers knew where I had moved on to , so giving her name could cause problems as well . |
| 16 | I had moved on to selling friends ' addresses to the Chief-Corporal , and in return for the names and numbers of two Sloane girlfriends I had got the bed nearest the stove . |
| 17 | Now the last person I had moved on to the hundreds had enormous problems with the stickiness of them . |
| 18 | I felt that I had moved on ; my attitudes , my experiences had moved on . |
| 19 | When your sister died it was all I had to hold on to . |
| 20 | By some mix-up , my papers did n't seem to be in order and I had to hold on there until the proper American visa came through . |
| 21 | Once I 'd accomplished the first stages of training , getting her to sit still on my fist , I had to move on to the next stage : getting her to feed there . |
| 22 | How could I tell Fatima with her large , trusting brown eyes that her war had become stale news and I had to move on ? |
| 23 | I still needed money so I had to carry on working the streets . |
| 24 | For her to love me , I had to carry on with my secret life . |
| 25 | ‘ The bone was sticking out of my arm but I knew I had to carry on . |
| 26 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 27 | ‘ It was tough at the start but I knew I had to hang on to my serve at all costs , ’ she said afterwards . |
| 28 | I was totally inexperienced , and on the straight I eased and Phil came past like the Inter-City train I had travelled on . |
| 29 | I 've often wished that I had stayed on and tried for university , but I was n't keen , and my family was n't the sort to encourage it . |
| 30 | ( I had to insist on personally opening the little non-vintage number Stuart had secured in bulk . |