Example sentences of "to go on [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Say whether you will be happy to go on eating the product now that you are more aware of what it contains . |
| 2 | And so they were prepared to go on taking the punishment , taking the cost because their objectives were , ha had a different scale of value to the objectives sought by the United States . |
| 3 | And so they were prepared to go on taking the punishment , taking the cost because their objectives were , ha had a different scale of value to the objectives sought by the United States . |
| 4 | After that I realised that — like anyone else — I had to go on earning the money . |
| 5 | In the late 1980s Bluetts agreed to a mangement buyout and capital investment but the firm 's inability to meet the cost of the rent on its new premises opposite Claridge 's Hotel , and the slackness of trade as perceived by Chesfield , has meant that they are no longer willing to go on supporting the company . |
| 6 | Muggers who decided to phase out mugging by 1993 could hardly expect to be let off , yet the UK expected to go on breaking the law with impunity . |
| 7 | The review is normally chaired by an internal member of staff , often a head of department unassociated with the course ; and it may take the form of two or three meetings with the course team , enabling the course team to go on developing the course in the light of advice from the panel . |
| 8 | Aegina — like a tiny Hong Kong — has to go on buying the stuff from the mainland . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , I think an investigation into the bogus account will be very revealing , I do n't see how I could have managed to go on robbing the customers from inside Swansea Jail , you should have stopped when you were ahead , Spencer . ’ |
| 10 | So Robinson Crowso survived , and lives to go on spreading the Pest Control word throughout the highlands and islands . |
| 11 | Those of us who want to go on using the lesion method should n't be too despondent about Wood 's results because the conditions under which a system like this will give double dissociations are likely to be very rare in nature . |
| 12 | ‘ And are you prepared to go on living the rest of your life in tune to your sister 's wishes ? ’ |
| 13 | So it is important now to go on fighting the battles , once so hard-won . |
| 14 | There is a big question mark over whether he 's got sufficient chemicals to produce enough kerosene to go on fighting the war . |
| 15 | It was wrong to leave her family in the first place , wrong , having come here to go on leading the life she did . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You 've got to go on doing the horses , idiot , until they go . |
| 17 | Everything will be overshadowed by these events but we intend to go on making the week work as well as we can . |
| 18 | You would not , for instance , had he had his way , have been able to go on running the provender committee in the disgraceful way you did . ’ |