Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb past] on [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he felt her lashes stir at his cheek , and raised his head and kissed the place where they lay , and then her brow , her throat and her chin , while her lips went on smiling . |
| 2 | She had refused to believe it at first , her mind so full of him that her eyes kept on seeing him , playing tricks on her , raising false and cruel hopes . |
| 3 | Her feet kept on blundering along through the darkness and a stitch stabbed at her side but she blinded herself to exhaustion and ran . |
| 4 | His shoulders went on shaking . |
| 5 | Though the sweat poured down his red face his arms went on working like pistons and Albert barely had time to stack one great , whiskery load before another came up . |
| 6 | The only trouble was this : the sepoys kept on bravely coming forward , while he and his men kept on retreating . |
| 7 | When he came back we sat down on the grass and had a breather while Mr Sykes , the butcher , and his assistants went on carving . |