Example sentences of "[vb past] on [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Says a video worker : ‘ The director kept on re-shooting the scene and Nick was getting hotter and hotter . |
| 2 | He had no interest in the architecture of what was then merely a rather dull manor house , but kept on improving the estate , which was to give pleasure to the Welch family until the Second World War . |
| 3 | When the cup was full , the abbot kept on pouring the tea . |
| 4 | Which was something of a racket , plus Bazooka Joe kept on pulling the plugs on us trying to get us off the stage . |
| 5 | I cherished that dolly , kept on altering the face with new stitching from time to time and I still have it in a drawer somewhere . |
| 6 | Well than the other the other thing which I think particularly in the last one that we did which was finished back in March , we kept on changing the specification , because it started off such a such and specification and it was going to the Hanover Fair in Germany |
| 7 | I scribbled 2 or 3 lines to my friend saying I was sorry circumstances had arisen to prevent my meeting him , sent the note off to my groom , and went on reading the ms . |
| 8 | The woman dropped rennet into the two cauldrons , stirred them , and then went on peeling the mound of artichokes in silence . |
| 9 | He made no rejoinder but retreated back through the communicating door ; and she went on serving the customer . |
| 10 | Molly went on laying the table , placing knives and forks neatly as though her sanity depended on it . |
| 11 | ‘ Danker , ’ said the man in battle-dress , and to me : ‘ Hullo , old boy ’ as if it was inevitable that I should have come there some time or other , and went on throwing the ball about . |
| 12 | He sucked at a bottle of Guinness , and went on fingering the rounds . |
| 13 | His lordship went on fingering the page for a moment , leaned forward to scrutinize an entry , then said : |
| 14 | So they went on developing the idea , and I retired to my bed with those notions in my head . |
| 15 | Antinou went on fondling the piece of cloth that was once a fluffy ball on the flat delta . |
| 16 | When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity . |
| 17 | Part three , The Apple Pickers , withered on the bough and never appeared , though Sharp went on telling the story in an American accent , hints of it piercing the fog of half a dozen Hollywood scripts . |
| 18 | They went on sharpening the shears . |
| 19 | Linda took one look at Jed and went on polishing the glass . |
| 20 | Léonie went on licking the cake mixture out of the bowl . |
| 21 | She went on preparing the supper , her body tense with listening as she tossed the artichokes , stirred the pasta and put half a dozen steaks to fry in another black iron pan . |
| 22 | We all went on doing the jobs we had been trained for . |
| 23 | Sure enough , the wolf came and devoured him ; only his skull was left which went on reiterating the prophecy of doom for Rome . |
| 24 | Ben went on turning the cup in his hands . |
| 25 | In 1990 he reduced the levy payable to government by the football-pools operators , on condition that the windfall of £100m went on improving the grounds of the Football League clubs . |
| 26 | We went on compiling the inventory . |
| 27 | Rachaela did not argue , and they went on unpacking the crate until a quarter past six . |
| 28 | I went on attending the university , doing my course modules , and avoiding intimacy in whatever way it proffered itself to me . |
| 29 | While he was talking he went on disembowelling the bird in a practised way with his knife . |
| 30 | He carried on sanding the blank into shape . |