Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Until today it had been thought that some staff would stay on to keep the base on standby .
2 I shall carry on using the term regardless , and any hairy man who wants to challenge me about it is welcome to a wrestle .
3 And finally , a hotel owner is popping champagne corks tonight after being told he can carry on flying the flag .
4 If there must be a parting , Britain would continue to honour her side of the Anglo-American nuclear understandings : Holy Loch and the Fylingdales radar station would still be available to the United States ; RAF bases would continue to house US bombers ; and Britain would carry on accepting the risks that all this entailed .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 Have a nice weekend , keep on taking the pills yeah well you know what it 's like y'know there 'll be so many people dying for this to fail well they do n't know what 's going on but but all they 'll get is one call interception which says I ca n't get through I ca n't get through , or I 've tried this number and it does n't work and blah you know usual thing but right I must keep on taking the Buffalo Bills .
7 We must make sure we do n't keep on disturbing the seed 's growth by constantly going back to the same people and badgering them .
8 It follows that if a government should wish to keep unemployment below the NUP , it must keep on increasing the rate of growth of the money supply and will have to tolerate an ever-increasing rate of inflation .
9 Similarly , as you rework the question into your first sentence you can begin to show that key terms in the question are problematic or vague , or you can suggest what kind of evidence you will draw on to discuss the question .
10 Having made this point , we can move on to examine the objectives and constraints associated with such enterprises .
11 The elderly relatives did what they could but it meant that all through his life — not that he even survived to forty — there was never a chance to take it a bit easier , no one he could rely on to do the work if he was ill or tired .
12 At present , correct conformation is all we can rely on to reduce the strain on tendons .
13 You ca n't go on wearing the willow forever . ’
14 According to Emmanuelle Gorsse of Admical , the French sponsorship association for the arts , the monopolised French tobacco distribution company , SEITA , can go on supporting the arts for the foreseeable future .
15 But he must go on to explain the sorts of variations which have this effect on individuals ( or other subjects ) if he is to rely on counterfactual claims about the actions of subjects .
16 Emma could go on receiving the income from the annuities .
17 He will go on to represent the province at the UK finals in London next month .
18 ‘ So why do I go on expanding the company instead of putting up my feet and shooting the breeze ? ’
19 It became important that he should go on believing the lie , for what he could do if he discovered the truth of the situation did n't bear thinking about .
20 ‘ I 'm sure he 'd let us go on using the park if you wrote and told him it was n't us who left the litter lying about , Guider . ’
21 The new owner , Mr. Bolsover , came to see me last week , and I 'm afraid he may not let us go on using the barn .
22 What is important is that the Read codes will cover any information in a patient record and that clinicians can go on using the words they like — ‘ breathlessness , ’ for example , when taking a patient 's history — though they will have to be more disciplined about abbreviations .
23 It would seem that there is a demand for such assistance as 1 in 5 of all applicants said that they did not go on to take the course because of financial difficulties .
24 " We can go on watching the place — obviously we 've got to .
25 Most of that will go on delivering the programmes er and most of that is existing funding and so we 're going to have to use a lot of it on that , but we want to do new things as well .
26 Stepan Verkhovensky has only himself to elope with , and it remains an open question whether he will go on enduring the indignities of his hanger-on position , or cut and run , somehow , somewhere .
27 In a study of the Vikings , pupils might begin with the Vikings in their own area , but could go on to use the computer simulation " Raiders " , putting them in the role of Vikings deciding where and how to attack the British Isles .
28 That fact that in , a two years time I can go on to do the subjects that I want to do at the University in Scotland of my choice .
29 Labour would go on getting the public 's support by constructing strong unity of purpose and by its conduct as ‘ a serious , socialist , self-disciplined party ’ , Mr Kinnock told delegates .
30 Somehow I ca n't see us remaining in the number two position — but fingers crossed scumta will strike down our foes and inspire out team to greater things and we 'll go on to win the league .
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