Example sentences of "carry on [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is her nurturing , sustaining tolerance , extended , it seems , to all the creatures in the garden , that gives the initially repulsive caterpillar permission to live , permission to carry on denuding the box thorn . |
| 2 | And I finally went back to my G P on the seventh day which was a Saturday in the morning , and he told me to carry on taking the drug . |
| 3 | I STILL CA N'T BELIEVE THAT YOU INTEND TO CARRY ON SEEING THE TART BEHIND LAURA 'S BACK ! |
| 4 | Rather , it is normal for the vendor to undertake in the sale agreement to carry on managing the business in its ordinary course and not to enter into transactions outside the ordinary course of trading without the purchaser 's prior consent . |
| 5 | I still needed money so I had to carry on working the streets . |
| 6 | TERRY VENABLES last night urged Tottenham players and fans to carry on backing the club . |
| 7 | You just have to carry on making the bird think about the reward , until the step or jump becomes automatic . |
| 8 | Already our friend Mr Cehovin , the Secretary of the Municipality , had been transferred to Padua , leaving his wife and family to carry on running the gostilna . |
| 9 | Councillors will decide this week whether to carry on running the service this summer . |
| 10 | Even after we moved up , we still begged her to carry on letting the cottage , and later we built another one , up the hill , on the site of a collapsed pigsty for which we had inherited planning permission . |
| 11 | I shall carry on using the term regardless , and any hairy man who wants to challenge me about it is welcome to a wrestle . |
| 12 | And finally , a hotel owner is popping champagne corks tonight after being told he can carry on flying the flag . |
| 13 | If there must be a parting , Britain would continue to honour her side of the Anglo-American nuclear understandings : Holy Loch and the Fylingdales radar station would still be available to the United States ; RAF bases would continue to house US bombers ; and Britain would carry on accepting the risks that all this entailed . |
| 14 | ‘ I imagine those who appeal would carry on paying the bill until the outcome is resolved and then receive a rebate with interest if necessary , ’ said Mr Collin . |
| 15 | Frankie , the regimental sergeant major 's son , carrying on serving the kind of men among whom he began his career … |
| 16 | We have two children , aged eight and six , and I know my husband thinks the world of them , but he is carrying on living the life of a single man , with no thought for me . |
| 17 | We have two children , aged eight and six , and I know my husband thinks the world of them , but he is carrying on living the life of a single man , with no thought for me . |
| 18 | Even after you 've received your payout , you can guarantee your family a second payout on your death , simply by carrying on paying the premiums . |
| 19 | Once both sides had revealed their hands there was no point carrying on playing the game . |
| 20 | Of course , this has n't dissuaded thousands of hardened clubbers from carrying on ignoring the heat and wearing outfits that would n't be out of place on Scott 's trip to the Antarctic . |
| 21 | it 's a shame that we , we still carry on using the word quality . |
| 22 | Critical illness , you 've got carry on paying the premiums , with no lump sum paid on living assur , er , on life assurance , the living expenses are likely to increase , because you may have er , somebody who 's disabled , paralysed or whatever , there 's no chance of the widow returning to work because she 's looking after person who 's er , ill , and obviously she ca n't remarry because she 's not widowed at this point . |
| 23 | I carry on rolling the ball . |
| 24 | He carried on sanding the blank into shape . |
| 25 | We carried on using the encyclopedia to make plans , taking ourselves out of that room to beautiful , exotic places , places of joyful freedom , sailing oceans , crossing mountain ranges and doing something worthwhile . |
| 26 | Ymor carried on watching the tourist . |
| 27 | We both laughed and carried on watching the fish . |
| 28 | It always was going to be a mad situation , though , as long as the Government carried on taking the coward 's way out by leaving it to the judges in Luxembourg or the Eurocrats in Brussels to sort things out for them . |
| 29 | Then it appeared to decide we were n't a threat — or a source of food — and carried on munching the vegetation . |
| 30 | He carried on bunching the material in his fist , expecting to be stopped any second , until he had the hem of the dress in each hand . |