Example sentences of "they carried on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they decided to work to a particular time-scale , they carried on regardless , ’ says Crisp . |
| 2 | They carried on after their father 's death in 1826 . |
| 3 | They carried on an extensive trade in a variety of products such as cattle cake , seed corn , manure and farm fertilisers . |
| 4 | The eyebrows go up in an arch that would make a complete circle if they carried on down , the lids over those eyes , likened to a cobra 's by Candice Bergen , narrow to a slit ; the gleaming white teeth flash through the pursed lips in what Vogue editor Diana Vreeland called a ‘ killer smile ’ . |
| 5 | They carried on in this fashion for another day and a half , travelling at night to conserve energy . |
| 6 | Obviously the younger members of the family became too enthusiastic about it all because Grandfather Tallentire threatened a different kind of stop if they carried on spending so much of their time playing and talking about music . |
| 7 | They carried on down the lane towards a farm . |
| 8 | They carried on to the foot of the garden where there was a small neat wooden gate with a hedgerow on either side . |
| 9 | After another battle with the gate they carried on to the end of the lane and walked on to the road and into the sunlight . |
| 10 | This made the others laugh and yell ‘ townee ’ , but they carried on digging and Willie realized that there was no malice in their laughter . |
| 11 | He stopped and there was a moment of silence as they carried on working . |
| 12 | Instead of turning left towards the village they carried on to the right . |
| 13 | Sometimes after their formal prayers , which were said a minimum of five times a day , they continued to sit with their feet in front of them while they carried on long conversations with God . |
| 14 | The way they carried on makes me sick . |
| 15 | They also revealed a new generosity of spirit , deciding that , if they carried on playing thus , they would win everything with such ease that the various English competitors would lose their sparkle . |
| 16 | Intel Corp shares were down sharply prior to the New York opening as investors reacted to the news : opening at $99 , they carried on down to $95.75 , off $14.25 from the $110 at the close on Friday . |
| 17 | Intel Corp shares were down sharply prior to the New York opening as investors reacted to the news : opening at $99 , they carried on down to $95.75 , off $14.25 from the $110 at the close on Friday . |
| 18 | Several of my ex-pupils , some of whom I 'd first taught when they were 7 years old , grimaced at me as they carried on preparing their lunch . |
| 19 | It would appear they carried on trading from a different address some time beyond that date , though exactly when they stopped has yet to be established . |
| 20 | He told us that the paintings on either wall faced each other , and he liked to think they carried on a consultation to themselves . |
| 21 | Ltd. ( ‘ the dock company ’ ) as the company responsible for the operation of the port , which had formerly been part of the Chatham Royal Dockyard , and the fourth and fifth defendants , Crescent Wharves Ltd. and Ship Link Terminals Ltd. , as occupiers of berths and land in the port from which they carried on their businesses . |
| 22 | They carried on walking round the side-shows . |
| 23 | They carried on with their plans , excluding her , and a weird loneliness hollowed her stomach with longing . |
| 24 | They carried on into the marquee , where eight ten-foot-long buffet tables decorated with pale pink and white angelicas held dozens of silver tureens , filled to capacity with imported smoked salmon , lobster , and finely sliced fillet of beef in aspic . |
| 25 | The girl mounted the steps to stand beside the master of ceremonies and they carried on a conversation which , though audible , was unintelligible . |
| 26 | They carried on just the same as usual . |
| 27 | They did n't worry about them , they carried on just the same . |
| 28 | There was n't much to see with the fog , only grey stone walls as they carried on , eventually reaching the Inner Ward , everything cut off around them . |
| 29 | Meanwhile they carried on as they were and that went very well . |
| 30 | We w we was partnerships you see well when our place collapsed they carried on just carried on a bit because they were connected with Japan . |