Example sentences of "[adv prt] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few youngsters may go on sniffing for a while — perhaps regularly with their friends . |
| 2 | Or would it be a sign of still greater maturity for their staff to go on contributing to a national system , a system in which the collaboration of the entire academic community could raise standards higher and judge quality more surely ? |
| 3 | We went on walking for a while , in silence . |
| 4 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 5 | These redundancies are necessary if we are to maintain the business and carry on trading as a viable operation , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Murdoch McKillop , joint receiver from accountants Arthur Andersen , said the 1,600 job losses at the five UK plants had to made ‘ to maintain the business and carry on trading as a viable operation ’ . |
| 7 | It would appear they carried on trading from a different address some time beyond that date , though exactly when they stopped has yet to be established . |
| 8 | Inside FI , it was known that Emerson could have gone on driving for a major team and many thought it a pity that he had not stuck to doing what he knew best . |
| 9 | Watching the Trooper disappear up the road , I reckon it could go on trooping for a long time yet at the right price , with very little needing doing . |
| 10 | POP mogul Pete Waterman is turning his multi-million empire upside down searching for a spy . |
| 11 | Er right I 've got this contraption upside down leading into a a trough of water . |
| 12 | When a pupil came in asking for a special book , he would rush and find it before Mr Crangle . |
| 13 | He came in running like a fat sow , his uniform 's half burned off his fucking back . ’ |
| 14 | You know , you go on looking for a solution to this difficult problem . |
| 15 | ‘ Folly , I do n't want you to go on looking for a place of your own . |
| 16 | I could n't go on living in a place where I was no use , ’ she spoke with the quietness and desperate authority of someone who had discovered they could give up no more ground and live . |
| 17 | But I would hope , I mean it has given me the the wish to go on living in a similar kind of situation . |
| 18 | A taxi firm run by women for women says it plans to carry on operating despite a ruling that such services discriminate against men . |
| 19 | Appearing on the tape proved too much of a millstone for most bands and The Wedding Present were the only ones that carried on developing at a reasonable pace . |
| 20 | The over-zealous male then realises his mistake , lets him go and carries on searching for a female . |
| 21 | I , I , I , carried on smoking for a number of years after that . |
| 22 | It also allows the police and Customs to permit accountants to go on acting for a client after they have disclosed suspicious activity to them . |
| 23 | Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs . |
| 24 | Or rather , when he should take over according to a scenario worked out when the Ferrasse-Fabre coalition was born . |
| 25 | There is currently another ‘ Al Jolson ’ in Glasgow who would be better off singing in a silent movie , so it is important to remember that there was only ever one real ‘ Al ’ , and he regaled Glasgow with ‘ Mammy ’ and the rest in real sound for a six-week run . |
| 26 | Deputed to get his own disguise , he went off fuming to a wig shop : ‘ And the lady started to go through all kinds of salesmanship to sell me the wig and if I wanted to swim , I did n't want to swim , and I 'm sitting there knowing that this meeting is going to start very soon and I can not — lady , let's get on with it , I do n't give a damn , just give me a wig . ’ |
| 27 | I mean I go off cleaning in a pair of tracksuit bottoms and her er |
| 28 | ‘ My last defeat was in New York against Glenwood Brown in 1989 but , instead of putting me off going to a guy 's home town , it seemed to encourage me , ’ said Boucher . |
| 29 | With food around , surfaces should bc as practical as possible : choose flooring which will not show crumbs and can be mopped up easily ; sideboards should bc provided with protective covers if they are not heatproof ; traditional polished tables might look good , but with children around , you may be better off going for a heatproof , scrubbable surface which can be wiped over quickly ; upholstery should be washable ; wallpaper need not be as tough as the vinyl-coated varieties . |
| 30 | would n't you be better off breaking into a post office or business premises or a |