Example sentences of "on [v-ing] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But does n't does n't it often work out though that the people who erm need more training , often are the ones that have resisted going on training in the past . |
| 4 | If , on the other hand , gases continue to escape while the lava is being erupted , bubbles will go on growing in the lava , and these will be preserved in the rock when it cools . |
| 5 | I 've read about it , you do exercises and train yourself , and then when the time comes you pop behind a bush and reappear with the baby slung on your hip , and go on toiling in the paddy-fields as if nothing had happened . " |
| 6 | When Welling , who today take on Reading in the FA Cup second round , beat Gillingham at Priestfield in the last round , there was some confusion over the price of entry for juniors . |
| 7 | ‘ If you go on standing in the way any longer I 'll take you to court . ’ |
| 8 | He just kept on working in the field . |
| 9 | And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear . |
| 10 | It was the coldest winter for years , but Tess and Marian had to go on working in the snow . |