Example sentences of "[verb] on with an [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This one point alone has almost certainly caused many novice flyers to struggle on with an unmanageable model which could easily be completely transformed by correct adjustment .
2 Behind her , Nahum was looking on with an unsmiling face .
3 The same unfortunate landlord returned a few days later as we were playing forfeits , and made no mention of the fact that one person was in a bra and panties with a colander on his head , another had wellingtons on filled to the brim with curdled milk and the rest of us had false moustaches drawn on with an indelible black magic marker .
4 In no way do they have a mandate to wipe out a whole stock and possibly a whole species simply for their convenience in carrying on with an unsophisticated fishing method . ’
5 Here they seem to be thrown on with an easy freedom , there they are adjusted with the nicest touches .
6 ‘ I think that goddamn racket means we should all be dead , ’ he announced cheerfully , then carried on with an involved story of how he had once won undying glory by intercepting a pass against the Philadelphia Faggots .
7 Day Five : After a night in Speyer your cruise carries on with an early morning departure for Strasbourg .
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