Example sentences of "go on [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Where we might have expected him to grant her the respect of verse , he goes on in the same business-like prose : ‘ How now , Kate ? |
2 | When it comes to her imagined transcriptions of Jip 's diary , she goes on in the same descriptive vein for a paragraph , then stops herself with an abrupt exclamation of ‘ No , he would n't say all that ’ ( 54 ) , whereupon she starts again in more concise fashion . |
3 | If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time . |
4 | There is slightly more to go on with the latter however , and one seems justified in presuming the work of at least two men . |
5 | It is possible to go on with the same therapist to deal with the problems which caused you to need the regression experience in the first place . |
6 | It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured . |
7 | So I started to write a variation on the first bar and told her to go on in the same way and to keep to the idea . |
8 | Ordinarily , learning allows us to go on in the same way , to repeat what has been learned , whether it is a matter of fact ( that London is the capital of England ) or an action ( driving a car in familiar circumstances ) . |
9 | Concentration has nothing to do with gritting your teeth and braving it out ; it 's the secret of being more and more relaxed and aware of everything that is going on at the same time . |
10 | One of the most productive nurseries in the world , the Yorkshire League , has become almost barren and the time has come to pluck from another , rich in blossoms — Shivaji Park , Bombay , where you can stand on the roof-top of the small pavilion and watch 15 games going on at the same time . |
11 | All that memory can provide contributes already to our feeling that in calling this sensation ‘ pain ’ we are going on in the same way , following the rule . |
12 | And , going on in the same vein before Fabia could gently state that she would n't dream of going to Czechoslovakia without her , ‘ It 's about a four-hour crossing so you 'll have time for some shut-eye and a rest before … ’ |
13 | Leith snapped angrily — and realised she could go on in the same vein until she was blue in the face and it still would n't dent him . |
14 | On the intellectual front , this unification went on at the same time that in the social history of science specialization was the order of the day . |
15 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
16 | It went on in the same tone for several excited paragraphs and ended in an even heavier and blacker print . |
17 | ‘ It means of course , ’ she went on in the same level tone , ‘ that you will not be free to make a decision until your uncle dies . |
18 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |
19 | Sebastian went on in the same vein for quite some minutes . |