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Example sentences of "[verb] on [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1	It goes on flouting the popular will by refusing a referendum on the Maastricht treaty .
2	So he goes on pushing deadlines , working all-nighters , rewriting , calling back , quite apart from the copious travelling and general fretting that is a Sunday writer 's regular burden .
3	Jean-Paul thinks the French brought prosperity to a poor country , and he goes on believing it because he takes care never to set foot outside the European quarter .
4	And he goes on gazing out of the window .
5	Every day one goes on learning , every day one 's horizon widens .
6	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 .
7	Yet in the tragedies these villains are never satisfied : Macbeth goes on killing like some automaton , Iago goes on destroying until he has brought everyone down .
8	Going on holiday to Lloret is a bit like going to a party that has a real buzz when you arrive and just goes on getting better and better and better .
9	His conclusion was that a moving object , so far as it can , goes on moving .
10	That it goes on moving in a straight line , rather than in circles , followed from what Descartes described as the immutability and simplicity of the conserving operation .
11	As Jack goes on hunting , the little ones look at him as an expert .
12	‘ A significant chunk of what we earn goes on child-minding .
13	Some of that money goes on convincing the local community .
14	In rural areas the school frequently serves as a focal point for the local community — its removal can have a detrimental effect in that it may become increasingly difficult to attract new families to settle , the younger age groups tend to drift towards the neighbouring towns and the average age of the remaining inhabitants goes on rising .
15	But if money supply goes on rising and hence expenditure goes on rising , inflation will rise .
16	But if money supply goes on rising and hence expenditure goes on rising , inflation will rise .
17	The Mini sofa has proved the best seller and if demand goes on rising he 's hoping to turn out up to twenty of these off-beat seats a week .
18	The Mini sofa has proved the best seller and if demand goes on rising he 's hoping to turn out up to twenty of these off-beat seats a week .
19	Cos it really does , it still goes on settling into the
20	The transformer unit , when Zener stabilized , goes on dissipating full power .
21	‘ One goes on living and everyone else is dead , ’ Ivy remarked , spooning up lovingly late strawberries in a sabayon sauce .
22	Yet her belly , in spite of her defeat , goes on filling with new life .
23	Surely , the longer an animal lives , and the longer it goes on producing offspring , the more genes it transmits to future generations ?
24	No one ever goes on eating anything they do n't like for long .
25	As Miles Davis , now 63 , goes on developing , his most assiduous young admirer , Wynton Marsalis , goes on backtracking in search of his roots , taking other potentially excellent young players with him .
26	Or if the horse has been jabbed in the mouth when it is being mounted , it goes on expecting pain in the mouth whenever it is mounted .
27	Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs .
28	Under rain that goes on drumming its rods and thickening
29	As Miles Davis , now 63 , goes on developing , his most assiduous young admirer , Wynton Marsalis , goes on backtracking in search of his roots , taking other potentially excellent young players with him .
30	The beggar is plainly moved , and goes on looking curiously at Howard for some moments after he has walked on .