Example sentences of "[pron] carried on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know she carried on the business alone when her father died , got guts has that girl . ’ |
| 2 | The architect was Andrea Spezza ; the two men who carried on the work after his death , Vicenzo Boccaccio and Nicolo Sebregondi , followed his designs . |
| 3 | When convocation met in December 1373 even the prelates were alienated from the crown , or at least from Gaunt and those who carried on the government in the king 's name : the attempt to levy an unprecedented tax of £50,000 in 1371 had aroused great resentment , aggravated in the next year when , in an effort to speed its collection , all the bishops of the southern province had their temporalities seized . |
| 4 | In 1814 , Samuel Webb leased the mill to Stephen and Edward Blackwell , who carried on the tradition of cloth making . |
| 5 | Among the groups in Essex who carried on the tradition yesterday were members of the Great Tey Footpath Preservation Society and villagers from neighbouring Chappel , who teamed up for a 14-mile walk around the boundaries of the two parishes . |
| 6 | Iris , who carried on the campaign started by her parents to clear Derek 's name , added : ‘ I wo n't give up now — no way . ’ |
| 7 | They had two sons , Thomas , who died at Leghorn , and Edward ( c .1681–1734 ) , who carried on the family business , becoming free of the Masons ' Company in 1702 and master in 1719 . |
| 8 | We carried on the traditions but young ones want to question everything , and maybe they 're right . ’ |
| 9 | We carried on the French lessons and since I was really only one grade above Brian , we learnt together which was fun . |
| 10 | ‘ Any person who on any premises — as aforesaid , carries on an offensive trade without such consent , if any , as at the date of establishment of the trade was required by subsection ( 1 ) of this section … shall be liable for a fine not exceeding £5 for every day on which he carried on the trade — after receiving notice from the local authority to discontinue the trade ’ . |