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

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1	Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home .
2	It was arranged that Hetty would stay on in the shop for a while , and Sarah would work from ten o'clock until three for the first few weeks .
3	She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out .
4	Or should they hang on in the hope that these assets will soon be worth serious money ?
5	They may not catch on in the north-east !
6	They 're always the ones that are a bit more boisterous , whereas the older ones you have to physically carry on in the shop floor , the students do n't , and that 's what gives them a bad name .
7	The 1896 discovery by Eduard Buchner ( 1860–1917 ) that fermentation could carry on in the absence of living cells seemed like the final nail in the coffin .
8	‘ Where did you decide on in the end ?
9	No , he asks you to please stay for supper and we 'll go on in the morning .
10	No , he asks you to please stay for supper and we 'll go on in the morning .
11	We 'll spend the night there , and then , if she 's recovered , we 'll go on in the morning through Lima to Tacna in the south of Peru .
12	At the time I was mucking out the byre stalls , and piling the manure on top of my big heap when I saw the lights go on in the house .
13	She said she had n't been for a while and erm then she said they did n't really know , they wondered how she was gon na get on in the water .
14	‘ I 'm thinking of the sort of attitude that suggests the unemployed do too little to help themselves , that if only you have determination and drive you can get on in the world . ’
15	The explosion will live on in the memory for a long time .
16	Only 3 Meteors remain flying in the UK , but their close links with Gloucestershire ensures their memory will live on in the region for years to come .

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