Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] on in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the whole process I looked on in wronged silence , like a wife . |
| 2 | She goes on in formulaic terms : ( " He [ my husband ] loves me and I love him well ; our love is as true as steel " ) |
| 3 | And with the vague , uneasy sense that , having forced the door open a little way , the country on the other side might prove a lot stranger than she 'd ever imagined , she walked on in subdued silence for a while . ) |
| 4 | We drive on in subdued silence . |
| 5 | They sat on in friendly silence until the laughter began , whereat Lydia 's glass shook beneath her hand . |
| 6 | He motioned Ho to keep still and they sat on in cramped discomfort . |
| 7 | 27 It hangs on in frosty weather ( 6 ) |