Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | That little faith went on to go right round the world and it 's here today . |
| 32 | My standing with Harold Wilson began to go downhill in the 1970s , not on personal grounds but because of what might be described as political differences . |
| 33 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 34 | Bishop Harris , who has welcomed me so warmly , has expressed his willingness to continue on until the end of the year whilst I complete my own duties in Westminster diocese . |
| 35 | As one , they turned to continue on around the side of the house , Hector racing along before them . |
| 36 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 37 | There is never a moment when Dustin gets as worried as Gary Cooper in High Noon , although , like Cooper , he has to cope singlehandedly with a number of killers , and is only saved at the final moment when his wife blasts the last opponent with a shotgun . |
| 38 | Lord Callaghan , then Labour 's foreign affairs spokesman , recently recalled that the party 's decision was to allow Mr Heath ‘ to swing slowly in the wind ’ . |
| 39 | The two men continued to stroll leisurely around the perimeter fence which separated the living quarters and parade grounds of the air-base from the restricted areas of the hangars and control tower . |
| 40 | It soon became apparent to Lily that the wife and the young man were in the midst of an affaire , which by secret signs and language they seemed able to carry on during the journey . |
| 41 | Part of the panel members is might be classed as partly walking wounded but endeavour to carry on during the course of the day , you will find out who 's the walking wounded . |
| 42 | I wanted to carry on as an airborne soldier , a paratrooper , enjoying the prestige which came from being part of an elite , and also the better pay and training opportunities that were the lot of such units . |
| 43 | ‘ Hopefully I 'll be able to carry on as an amateur and help mum in the shop . ’ |
| 44 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 45 | When that happens , you simply ask the reader to carry on to the next shock-horror exclusive , and the next , and the next , and so on , until the point is driven home . |
| 46 | It gave us all the boost we needed to carry on to the launch and , after that , to the second anniversary of John 's captivity . |
| 47 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 48 | Net trading surpluses , from which funds were allocated , evaporated ; for most of 1921 and 1922 the LCS Political Committee was forced to carry on without a grant . |
| 49 | Friends and relatives tell me I should have stopped by now , and I know I do n't want to carry on through the toddler years . |
| 50 | I am to remain ill and without treatment , I am to carry on with the exhausting task of caring for an old and senile woman . ’ |
| 51 | A woman spends many years charring in Cremona ; she saves all her money to buy an apartment for her son when he gets married ; her no-good husband , the boy 's father , reappears after years and demands assistance ; she refuses ; when the son is engaged , she relents and negotiates subsidies to her ex-husband , for a suit , a car , a wedding-present ; she organizes a big reception to which she invites all her former employers ; nobody comes except a tennis-star ; there is no sign of the husband ; her lawyer tells her that the girl her son is marrying is her husband 's mistress and that he had already taken over the apartment ; she reflects a moment and decides to carry on with the reception , everything is all right , ‘ if no one notices anything , it is as though nothing has happened ’ ; passers-by are invited to join the wedding-party , which they happily do because the tennis-star is present ; the husband turns up in his new car ; no one takes any notice of him because no one knows who he is , except for the dealer he sometimes does jobs for , who tells him all new cars lose half their value as soon as they are bought and end up on the scrapheap anyway . |
| 52 | Therefore they would have to carry on with the remaining group . |
| 53 | He was shaken , slightly concussed and in no state to carry on with the show . |
| 54 | Trying to carry on with the normal routine while suffering from depression has been likened to driving a car in top gear with the brakes full on . |
| 55 | During this period of numbness , people are perfectly able to carry on with the practicalities of living . |
| 56 | The FIVE NATIONS COMMITTEE has agreed to carry on with the successful recent experiment of having the referees ‘ wired ’ to the commentators ' headphones during games . |
| 57 | ‘ He obviously was n't going to carry on with the Seven ; he 'd had his fun with it . ’ |
| 58 | ‘ In fact , it was only after some debate that the organisers decided to carry on with the event , and some changes had to be made to the canoe course to make it easier for the rescue boats to assist competitors . |
| 59 | Those who care for ‘ ordinary ’ old people learn much about the courage and competence which so many display ; they discover that it is their ordinariness which is remarkable — their determination to carry on with the daily business of life , often in the face of considerable difficulties . |
| 60 | So the NETRHA decided to carry on with the Friern and Claybury programme in the absence of feasible alternatives . |