Example sentences of "[adv] go on [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's enough going on here right now , ’ Ruth told her sharply . |
| 2 | This is only going on very quietly |
| 3 | Yeah it 's got ta rewind , it 's only going on quietly though |
| 4 | It ca n't go on for ever because characters such as the Fat Slags ( right ) can only go on so long before the joke starts to wear thin . |
| 5 | To take an obvious case , modern manufacturing industries can only go on so long as there are capitalists and workers . |
| 6 | He was a big fit man but he realised he could not go on much longer , and his iron resolve began to melt in the face of the powers of nature surrounding him . |
| 7 | ‘ The workload for both Barry Newbery and myself was tremendous , we both felt we could not go on much longer , and suggested that a third Designer be included on the team . ’ |
| 8 | That will not go on much longer . |
| 9 | We must remember , however , that just as all the alpine chains of Europe are now known to have been still pushing forward over the molasse in late Miocene times , so in places such as the Apennines , movements were still going on as late as Quaternary times . |
| 10 | Life here goes on rather quietly , as you might expect , but we have enjoyed the most marvellous Autumn I think I have ever known . |
| 11 | It does seem , however , that normal-weight people know when to stop eating , and fat people simply go on too long . |
| 12 | Yeah , well go on too long do n't they ? |
| 13 | You ca n't go on forever just playing with the children and telling self-deprecating stories about yourself at the Chases ’ dinner parties . |
| 14 | I think the way it should be tackled is speak to about it , say that we still believe that y'know it ca n't go on forever obviously it ca n't go on forever because I think the longer it goes on the worse it 'll become in all honesty |
| 15 | ‘ This ca n't go on much longer , ’ the Poles hopefully assured the Germans . |
| 16 | We ca n't go on much longer . ’ |
| 17 | I know it sounds unfeeling but to be blunt we ca n't go on much longer without any money coming in . |
| 18 | I just feel it ca n't go on much longer . |
| 19 | Although I was baptized into the Methodist faith I used to prefer the church service because it did n't go on so long . |
| 20 | At first interview she said the strain of looking after her mother-in-law was considerable , that it was putting a strain on her marriage in that she and her husband were always quarrelling these days , and that she had got to the point when ‘ I feel I ca n't go on any longer ’ . |
| 21 | It frightens me , sir — I 've been frightened for more than a week now , and I just ca n't go on any longer . ’ |
| 22 | Do n't go on too long about the paper , or you 'll put your foot right in it with Sefton , one way or another . |
| 23 | He paused , gave each of them a solemn look across his spectacles and then went on even more deliberately , in his dry old voice . |
| 24 | Fenella looked to where he indicated , to the farthest of the treadmills and saw the single creature held captive there , and her heart jumped and missed several beats , and then went on again erratically . |