Example sentences of "on [v-ing] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a minute more , the boy went on gazing at the Harewoman . |
| 2 | He went on looking at the floor , thoughtful . |
| 3 | He did n't even ask the next question but went on looking at the Consul General expectantly . |
| 4 | That would we feel is certainly in a coordinating way and if somebody for instance er say you 've got a husband and wife living together , one of them suddenly becomes handicapped in a particular way , what we are planning to do is trying to develop programmes which will enable the carer to have to go on training at the County Council 's expense to enable them to look after somebody in their own homes and it 's a type of thing we want to develop . |
| 5 | He went on staring at the Hare-woman . |
| 6 | He went on staring at the television screen , not listening to the next item , but trying to work out the puzzle . |
| 7 | Dyson went on staring at the raindrops , saying nothing . |
| 8 | Betty Allsop , who had overheard the exchange , let out a hoot of laughter , while Maggie went on rubbing at the counter , but Rona 's reply was , ‘ That 'll be the day , even with a fellow like Billings . ’ |
| 9 | He pays the small amount and in fact I keep on meaning at the back of my brain to get hold of him and say has he been paying it . |
| 10 | He put one hand out ; she put out hers and gripped his forearm , looked up briefly and made a noise which might have been " thanks " , and went on working at the strap of her shoe . |
| 11 | In 1916 , when her daughter Carrie 's husband was killed at the Somme , she managed that too , looking after the three-year old my mother , so that Carrie could go on working at the mill . |