Example sentences of "go on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Begin at the beginning , ’ the King said gravely , ‘ and go on till you come to the end : then stop . ’ ? |
| 2 | The familiar and approved accounts of Scottish life have long favoured a country of hills and fields and firesides , where braw lads and bonny lasses dance reels and go on , after early struggles , to better things ; where the best thing of all is the kind landed family that comes up from London to visit them , famous for its stables , castles and ceremonies . |
| 3 | But there is no trick to the business of learning lines , as you will find out as you go on — although learning lines for an audition is different from memorising a part in a play for production , because then you will be operating with other actors around you . |
| 4 | It 's certainly true that the pressure on you builds up as the terms go on — but training is not designed to destroy you , but to challenge you . |
| 5 | I think in a company like the RSC you are privileged and you go on learning all the time . |
| 6 | We can not , with the coming of moving film , go on with this pretence . |
| 7 | I watched the other passengers go on towards the passport control and the futility of my own expedition was now only too clear . |
| 8 | She had decided that she wanted to go to London , take some A-levels up there , and then , she hoped , go on to university . |
| 9 | When giving instruction in thermal soaring , I try to insist that students go on attempting to find lift until about 5–600 feet , and I very often explain my own thoughts and precautions as they do the flying . |
| 10 | For those who go on to read postgraduate studies , there is the further problem of publishing any research findings . |
| 11 | Go on , tell me . ’ |
| 12 | Speak your frowsty worst — go on ! |
| 13 | Go on , she told the voice with deadpan strength , futile , fat , fifty , is that your worst ? |
| 14 | As the factor came out , it shut behind him and they heard the bars and chains go on . |
| 15 | James 's face had reddened with confusion but he managed to give him a nod which said ‘ Go on . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Go on — make him sign , ’ a young man shouted back and Cameron recognized young McCulloch from Weem . |
| 17 | Give us a word , Angus — go on — make these ‘ gentlemen ’ swear the oath ! |
| 18 | ‘ Go on through and see him if you must . |
| 19 | ‘ You go on up , ’ she said . |
| 20 | ‘ Go on . |
| 21 | ‘ No , go on . |
| 22 | ‘ D' you know because so many people switch off their TVs by remote control instead of pulling out the plug , they go on using electricity , the same in one night that would power Leicester for one day . |
| 23 | How could the English boy go on living now that he 'd been found out ? |
| 24 | ‘ You learn what they can and ca n't do and that experience becomes useful as you go on . |
| 25 | They go on to exchange roles as well as jobs , and finally , for a time , wives . |
| 26 | Try to push and lift at the same time — go on , try to get the back wheels off the ground as you go along ! |
| 27 | Go on , push yourself up on the handles and let the trolley take you for a ride , just like a child ! |
| 28 | Go on , try to twist and buckle it with your bare hands . |
| 29 | The Ministry of Agriculture had imposed monitoring on breeding flocks — which supply the hatcheries with eggs , which go on to be egg laying hens or meat producing poultry — and on laying flocks . |
| 30 | They have given staff in schools the space to meet as a group and get to terms with issues over a longer period , complementing the series of other meetings and team meetings that go on anyway . |