Example sentences of "on [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on gazing into the flames and she knew his thoughts were too far away for her words to reach him . |
| 2 | For a minute more , the boy went on gazing at the Harewoman . |
| 3 | I mean you mentioned the tennis club which was great , you know you went back there but you know that was a , a wee thing to pick on depending on the company |
| 4 | And he said no , buy a badge now with a dog 's head on depending on the breed of dog you 've got , and it says on it I live here . |
| 5 | She carries on mowing with the vacuum cleaner . |
| 6 | That community not only traverses frontiers , to form an invisible college ; it also extends , for some subjects , beyond institutions of higher education to include research institutes , industrial laboratories , professionals working in the field , and the individual scholar who ( no longer based in an institution ) still goes on contributing to the literature . |
| 7 | He carried on walking through the bodies , looking at the nurses . |
| 8 | He had gone up to Magdalen College , asked at the Porters ' Lodge , discovered the grounds were closed ; then just carried on walking over the bridge , around the Plain , and back again down the High . |
| 9 | I carry on walking down the street , careful not to bump into people so I do n't fall over again . |
| 10 | It 's pretty difficult to cross the road on account of all the traffic , so I just carry on walking on the pavement . |
| 11 | ‘ Not much , ’ he dismissed as he carried on walking towards the cottage . |
| 12 | After a bit I get bored and carry on walking up the street . |
| 13 | They carried on walking round the side-shows . |
| 14 | Jack and Richard Hannon keep on banging in the winners while others are rushing about like headless chickens in the belief that the sky is falling down . |
| 15 | We go on praying for the release of hostages and prisoners held without a cause ; and we pray for peace , and especially for the peace of Jerusalem . |
| 16 | What if a rule change , such as the introduction of a new settlement date , is formally communicated to members , but the traders on the floor do not " register " that the change has taken place and carry on trading on the basis of the old date ? |
| 17 | You got ta carry on driving down the road . |
| 18 | I carried on knocking on the door and begging to be let in . |
| 19 | Kelly carried on looking over the books but his heart was n't in it . |
| 20 | He went on looking at the floor , thoughtful . |
| 21 | He did n't even ask the next question but went on looking at the Consul General expectantly . |
| 22 | Strange as the taste of defeat was , however , Kylie shrugged off the episode and instead carried on looking to the future . |
| 23 | Those who had initially wanted to go on looking after the dementia sufferer at home ( nine carers ) were also mainly content with the institutional care arrangement . |
| 24 | I turn back and carry on looking in the window , but it 's hard to concentrate with this blue light flashing on and off in the glass . |
| 25 | With a sinking heart , she also realised that she must go on living with the Ward family , at least for now . |
| 26 | You run the UK end and I 'll branch out here in Majorca … that 's if Maria Luisa wants to go on living on the island . |
| 27 | His last years were marred by debilitating illness but , a compulsive worker , he went on writing until the end , dying at his home in Cambridge 19 December 1978 . |
| 28 | After all , as Deborah Hutton , health editor of Vogue , put it : ‘ If you 're the sort of person who frowns , even if you do wear these things for an hour while you exercise , you 'll carry on frowning for the rest of the day after you 've taken them off . ’ |
| 29 | He had found he had a good voice and was taking singing lessons , and he went on flirting with the piano and a trumpet he had bought between practising his flute . |
| 30 | He turned to look at me as I approached , then carried on tending to the cows . |