Example sentences of "went on [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The woman dropped rennet into the two cauldrons , stirred them , and then went on peeling the mound of artichokes in silence . |
| 3 | He made no rejoinder but retreated back through the communicating door ; and she went on serving the customer . |
| 4 | Molly went on laying the table , placing knives and forks neatly as though her sanity depended on it . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | His lordship went on fingering the page for a moment , leaned forward to scrutinize an entry , then said : |
| 7 | He sucked at a bottle of Guinness , and went on fingering the rounds . |
| 8 | So they went on developing the idea , and I retired to my bed with those notions in my head . |
| 9 | Antinou went on fondling the piece of cloth that was once a fluffy ball on the flat delta . |
| 10 | When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity . |
| 11 | Part three , The Apple Pickers , withered on the bough and never appeared , though Sharp went on telling the story in an American accent , hints of it piercing the fog of half a dozen Hollywood scripts . |
| 12 | The Palestinian gunmen crouching behind the sand embankment across Boulevard Ariss went on watching the Syrian tanks , ignoring the sound . |
| 13 | Instead , they went on watching the Syrian tanks manoeuvring down the road half a mile away , in what had the previous day been the Christian front line . |
| 14 | After the meal she went on knitting the complicated sweater while Penry immersed himself in the newspapers he 'd bought earlier in the day . |
| 15 | They went on sharpening the shears . |
| 16 | Similarly , in the post-war period , the national dailies managed to adapt their appeal so that people continued to find them useful , and advertisers therefore went on providing the essential economic base for most of them . |
| 17 | There seems little doubt that the richest clubs went on evading the maximum wage regulation . |
| 18 | Linda took one look at Jed and went on polishing the glass . |
| 19 | Léonie went on licking the cake mixture out of the bowl . |
| 20 | She went on preparing the supper , her body tense with listening as she tossed the artichokes , stirred the pasta and put half a dozen steaks to fry in another black iron pan . |
| 21 | We all went on doing the jobs we had been trained for . |
| 22 | Sure enough , the wolf came and devoured him ; only his skull was left which went on reiterating the prophecy of doom for Rome . |
| 23 | Ben went on turning the cup in his hands . |
| 24 | In 1990 he reduced the levy payable to government by the football-pools operators , on condition that the windfall of £100m went on improving the grounds of the Football League clubs . |
| 25 | We went on compiling the inventory . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | Rachaela did not argue , and they went on unpacking the crate until a quarter past six . |
| 28 | I went on attending the university , doing my course modules , and avoiding intimacy in whatever way it proffered itself to me . |
| 29 | While he was talking he went on disembowelling the bird in a practised way with his knife . |