Example sentences of "[verb] on [v-ing] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ICRF is such a worthy cause and what makes it particularly so is that it uses just 8p out of every £1 for administration , meaning 92p really goes on advancing the research , ’ she said . |
| 2 | It is her nurturing , sustaining tolerance , extended , it seems , to all the creatures in the garden , that gives the initially repulsive caterpillar permission to live , permission to carry on denuding the box thorn . |
| 3 | And I finally went back to my G P on the seventh day which was a Saturday in the morning , and he told me to carry on taking the drug . |
| 4 | I STILL CA N'T BELIEVE THAT YOU INTEND TO CARRY ON SEEING THE TART BEHIND LAURA 'S BACK ! |
| 5 | Rather , it is normal for the vendor to undertake in the sale agreement to carry on managing the business in its ordinary course and not to enter into transactions outside the ordinary course of trading without the purchaser 's prior consent . |
| 6 | TERRY VENABLES last night urged Tottenham players and fans to carry on backing the club . |
| 7 | You just have to carry on making the bird think about the reward , until the step or jump becomes automatic . |
| 8 | Already our friend Mr Cehovin , the Secretary of the Municipality , had been transferred to Padua , leaving his wife and family to carry on running the gostilna . |
| 9 | Councillors will decide this week whether to carry on running the service this summer . |
| 10 | Even after we moved up , we still begged her to carry on letting the cottage , and later we built another one , up the hill , on the site of a collapsed pigsty for which we had inherited planning permission . |
| 11 | Say whether you will be happy to go on eating the product now that you are more aware of what it contains . |
| 12 | And so they were prepared to go on taking the punishment , taking the cost because their objectives were , ha had a different scale of value to the objectives sought by the United States . |
| 13 | And so they were prepared to go on taking the punishment , taking the cost because their objectives were , ha had a different scale of value to the objectives sought by the United States . |
| 14 | After that I realised that — like anyone else — I had to go on earning the money . |
| 15 | In the late 1980s Bluetts agreed to a mangement buyout and capital investment but the firm 's inability to meet the cost of the rent on its new premises opposite Claridge 's Hotel , and the slackness of trade as perceived by Chesfield , has meant that they are no longer willing to go on supporting the company . |
| 16 | Muggers who decided to phase out mugging by 1993 could hardly expect to be let off , yet the UK expected to go on breaking the law with impunity . |
| 17 | The review is normally chaired by an internal member of staff , often a head of department unassociated with the course ; and it may take the form of two or three meetings with the course team , enabling the course team to go on developing the course in the light of advice from the panel . |
| 18 | Aegina — like a tiny Hong Kong — has to go on buying the stuff from the mainland . |
| 19 | So Robinson Crowso survived , and lives to go on spreading the Pest Control word throughout the highlands and islands . |
| 20 | Those of us who want to go on using the lesion method should n't be too despondent about Wood 's results because the conditions under which a system like this will give double dissociations are likely to be very rare in nature . |
| 21 | ‘ And are you prepared to go on living the rest of your life in tune to your sister 's wishes ? ’ |
| 22 | There is a big question mark over whether he 's got sufficient chemicals to produce enough kerosene to go on fighting the war . |
| 23 | It was wrong to leave her family in the first place , wrong , having come here to go on leading the life she did . ’ |
| 24 | Everything will be overshadowed by these events but we intend to go on making the week work as well as we can . |
| 25 | You would not , for instance , had he had his way , have been able to go on running the provender committee in the disgraceful way you did . ’ |
| 26 | I shall carry on using the term regardless , and any hairy man who wants to challenge me about it is welcome to a wrestle . |
| 27 | And finally , a hotel owner is popping champagne corks tonight after being told he can carry on flying the flag . |
| 28 | ‘ I imagine those who appeal would carry on paying the bill until the outcome is resolved and then receive a rebate with interest if necessary , ’ said Mr Collin . |
| 29 | By going on loading the crystal in shear we can repeat the process indefinitely and eventually squeeze the dislocation out of the far side of the crystal ( Figure 5c ) . |
| 30 | ‘ No good you going on pressing the lever when there 's no pink , is there ? |