Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] on [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to see Laverne home and dry , yet I do n't want to carry on feeding passenger leeches a minute longer . |
| 2 | Do they want to carry on playing rugby ? |
| 3 | John said , ‘ I do want to go on helping people . ’ |
| 4 | I only accepted this [ methadone ] maintenance course to make sure he went on one , too , because if I had n't , he would have carried on using gear and I could n't have handled that . |
| 5 | ‘ He would have carried on doing things the same way . |
| 6 | And , at that time I realized what my friend had gone through , and I knew what I had gone through , and I would willingly have gone on having babies for erm out of compassion for people who could n't have children and I would have done it much more naturally ! |
| 7 | Svidrigailov would never have said that ; he would have gone on making jokes about America . |