Example sentences of "and [verb] on [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to be very strong , very offensive not very nice to people and keep on attacking the interviewee . |
| 2 | In trying to go home he simply pressed the wrong buttons — and kept on pressing the wrong buttons , taking his human passengers backwards and forwards , and in and out of time and space . |
| 3 | Please thank them all very much , and go on using the barn for as long as you like . ’ |
| 4 | Never even crossed my mind that Hurley would carry on like nothing had happened — that he 'd keep Eurame open and go on using the pipeline . |
| 5 | And you sell the game to — ’ he pointed skyward ‘ — and go on running the show . |
| 6 | I scribbled 2 or 3 lines to my friend saying I was sorry circumstances had arisen to prevent my meeting him , sent the note off to my groom , and went on reading the ms . |
| 7 | He sucked at a bottle of Guinness , and went on fingering the rounds . |
| 8 | ‘ Danker , ’ said the man in battle-dress , and to me : ‘ Hullo , old boy ’ as if it was inevitable that I should have come there some time or other , and went on throwing the ball about . |
| 9 | ‘ Very uncomfortable , I expect , ’ said Fenella and went on studying the black stone buildings to see if there was a small , partly hidden door that they might use to get inside . |
| 10 | Linda took one look at Jed and went on polishing the glass . |
| 11 | We both laughed and carried on watching the fish . |
| 12 | Then it appeared to decide we were n't a threat — or a source of food — and carried on munching the vegetation . |
| 13 | So a widow who defers retirement and carries on drawing the widow 's allowance gets no increase in her pension . |