Example sentences of "and [verb] on [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need to listen — and to go on listening — to the Bible and to later spiritual writers and preachers ; we need to give due weight to tradition and also to try to discern the movement of the Holy Spirit in our own time . |
| 2 | But her sister begged her so hard not to leave her and to go on sleeping with her that she gave way . |
| 3 | The report examined research from the United Kingdom , the United States and Australia , and concluded that cigarette advertising is getting through to children and encouraging them to smoke and to carry on smoking . |
| 4 | Families can be encouraged to take the relative out for the day for as long as that can be managed , and to carry on visiting at least weekly . |
| 5 | It 's a help , but not a complete solution to the problem because once chlorine has been released in the stratosphere , it persists for many years and goes on destroying ozone . |
| 6 | The beggar is plainly moved , and goes on looking curiously at Howard for some moments after he has walked on . |
| 7 | As soon as one person 's work has been built into the computer , it stays there and goes on working for as long as needed . |
| 8 | The process involves no more than threading a strip beneath another one that runs across it more or less at right angles , and keeping on doing so at intervals with dogged persistence , pulling the strip tight after each threading . |
| 9 | The largest slice of our cash comes from the ‘ Charity Shop ’ and so we wish to express our thanks to all those involved with it — those who give goods to sell — those who staff it — those why buy and keep on coming back for more . |
| 10 | Or he or she may call your bluff and see what happens , in which case you must fight and keep on fighting . |
| 11 | You do n't have to be rude , just pretend you did n't hear and keep on walking . |
| 12 | When a tap is turned on , the ignition immediately sparks at the burner and keeps on sparkling until the burner is lit . |
| 13 | Magritte like man who learns to somersault backwards from standing position and keeps on doing it . |
| 14 | In Vulcanian eruptions , such a plug may be blown away by repeated explosions , after which lavas may flow away quietly , or if the magma is very viscous , and keeps on coming , explosions will continue . |
| 15 | He simply puts his head down and keeps on scoring goals — lots of them . |
| 16 | It shows that they accept each other 's utterances ( even if they disagree with them ) and it indicates their willingness to interact and to keep on interacting . |
| 17 | If we have such a periodical the key question to ask , and to keep on asking , is , ‘ Who is it written for ? ’ |
| 18 | The problem throughout is to identify what motivates financial participants to choose one option rather than another in pursuing the basic aims of any corporate system : to create wealth and to keep on doing so . |
| 19 | ‘ Only one thing is certain in this life — I shall love you , and want you , and keep on wanting you until I die . ’ |
| 20 | That 's the question we all have to ask , and keep on asking . |
| 21 | However , the withering or die-back can run back beyond the node before the plant is able to form a self protective barrier of special cells , and keep on running , even into the main stem , and obviously cause serious trouble . |
| 22 | She wanted to turn tail and run and keep on running away from him , away from what she might discover , away from what could only break her heart , yet she knew that was impossible . |
| 23 | Where once he felt like giving up , he now has the zeal and determination to push further and harder and keep on going until there is real change in the way mankind behaves . |
| 24 | And she came to Whitfield , and she said Mr Whitfield , why is it that you keep on preaching on this , and you keep on using this text , and keep on saying you must be born again ? |
| 25 | But I 'd get off at the Meinhof , looking straight ahead and keep on walking and I 'd feel this presence move up beside me . |
| 26 | You have to be very strong , very offensive not very nice to people and keep on attacking the interviewee . |
| 27 | The telephone rang twenty , forty , a hundred times , and kept on ringing . |
| 28 | I just went up to him and kept on kissing him and begged : ‘ No kill , no kill . ’ |
| 29 | Except , that is , on the day when he woke up roaring — and kept on roaring . |
| 30 | Pat and Chris were very fond of animals , and kept on throwing things for Sausage , whom they knew , of course , as Fido . |