Example sentences of "[verb] on [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she has been teaching now for some eight years , on and off , although she enjoys it , feels she is good at it , and would like to go on doing it for the rest of her life if possible , she always feels a twinge of anxiety at the beginning of a new term . |
| 2 | If Kee , who is far from ignorant in these matters , wanted to go on starving herself for the sake of an old love which is dead and rotting in the ground , well , so be it , that is her business . |
| 3 | We 've just been going on timing it for one minute or something . |
| 4 | The marquis lifted her from the saddle , feeling the warmth of her body against his own , wishing he could go on holding her for ever . |
| 5 | I 've read it over and over again , but I just keep on going back to it , cos I can just go on reading it for |
| 6 | So , I tried to make it up to her in every way I could — though it was n't easy — she went on hating me for years . ’ |
| 7 | Tales from Lavender Shoes ( TS405 — two cassettes ; 1 hour 50 minutes ) read by Jill Shilling is from the pen of Alison Uttley , a favourite writer for several generations of children , who enjoy her stories from the age of five or even younger and go on enjoying her for years . |
| 8 | when I came in the other day , I might have a look now actually get some Chewitts for the kids go on looking something for myself |
| 9 | You have a love bite on your neck , yet you go on asking me for my views on the multicultural society , on secularism , on Darcian Monetarism . |
| 10 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 11 | Now I hope he carries on saying it for another 18 months . |