Example sentences of "[adv] carry on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand it would save us driving 30-odd extra kilometres in the rain , and anyway I said if we get there and there is n't a ferry for hours we can just carry on to Calais . |
| 2 | But they were not looking at one point , as the worshippers did at the Wimbledon Islamic Boys ' School ( Day Independent ) : they were moving up and down , backwards and forwards , bumping into each other and generally carrying on like people at Victoria Station during the rush hour . |
| 3 | ( 2 ) The conditions referred to in subsection ( 1 ) above are : ( a ) that the premises of the club are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests of athletic sports or athletic games ; ( b ) that one or more of such sports or games is or are usually carried on out of doors and , when so carried on , can ( unless artificial lighting is used ) only be carried on during hours of daylight ; ( c ) that the said premises are regularly used , or are intended regularly to be used , during the winter period , for providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests , during the hours of daylight , of such a sport or game as is mentioned in paragraph ( ii ) above ; ( d ) that having regard to the time at which the said sport or game is usually carried on by members of the club and their guests , the permitted hours set out in section 53(3) of this Act are not suitable for the supply of alcoholic liquor in the said premises to persons who participate in that sport or game . |
| 4 | However , Rita calmly carried on in spite of this rather inconvenient technical hitch . |
| 5 | This appeal to the idea of analysing complex mental thoughts into constituent simples was made earlier by Gassendi , and also carried on by philosophers in later centuries . |
| 6 | When Harry asked if ‘ Mrs Molly Diamond ’ was at home , the youth slouched back along the passage , shouted ‘ Ma ’ once at the top of his voice , then carried on without change of pace towards a dismantled motorcycle Harry could see beyond the back door . |