Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] go on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ D' you want me to go on ? ’ |
| 2 | Do you want me to go on ? |
| 3 | ‘ Do you want me to go on ? ’ |
| 4 | One year later she and her husband were expressing their thanks to the Home Support Project for helping them to go on looking after Mrs Cummings at home , and said that although it was still a strain it was ‘ nowhere near as hard as it has been , now that we 've got other people to help us ’ . |
| 5 | I want them to go on because they can see it 's the only thing to do . |
| 6 | Patience , determination , a good sense of humour … want me to go on ? ’ |
| 7 | Agreeing with something someone else has said is a powerful way to encourage them to go on and say more . |
| 8 | There was allays someone going on or coming off night duty , or reeling in late after a hectic night in the village pub . |
| 9 | We suggest you go on to Patagonia . |
| 10 | ‘ It must be nice living here , ’ I said , changing the subject , ‘ but how d' you go on for shopping ? ’ |
| 11 | Again more mildly , she added , ‘ I wish I could forbid you to go on seeing her . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And … ’ she said , putting her cheek against his , ‘ I want you to go on loving me . |
| 13 | ‘ I suggest we go on . |
| 14 | She told herself off for not being attentive enough , for not finding the right words to encourage him to go on . |
| 15 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 16 | If this is the case , how come they go on so blooming long ! |
| 17 | Sara wished she had not been so petty when Fairfax had called , and had let him go on thinking it was Matthew 's old family house . |
| 18 | ‘ He should have knocked the guy cold and not let him go on to the fourth round . |
| 19 | She let him go on , offering the proper monosyllable here and there . |
| 20 | Oh has he gone on to Matthew 's now ? |
| 21 | That the thump of my heart was challenging it to go on and not to be broken by a … |
| 22 | Yeah I think it it 's it 's been coming on a sort of er you know we we we tour here twice a year every year and we release an album every year at this time and a video , so it 's for all the people who like that type of music they know it 's going to be there and they come out to see us all the time you know and er as you say it goes on and on but lucky enough there is an awful lot of material for us to do and you know there should n't be any problem . |
| 23 | Going say it go on |
| 24 | It is easier , for example , to conclude that someone is being abrupt if you only have what they say and how they say it to go on . |
| 25 | We want it to go on forever . |
| 26 | Well , you know I just ca n't sort of let it go on . |
| 27 | In terms of an apparently satisfactory way of explaining what goes on we are far less confident than in the good old days of AIDA — but at least we know that AIDA was as inadequate as a theory as her operatic namesake was ill-starred in love . |
| 28 | The newspapers described what went on , particularly the annual Presidential Addresses , which generally called for more scientific education , and were fully and widely reported . |
| 29 | I have a right to know what goes on behind my back . ’ |
| 30 | On the other hand , the Cumberbatch survey showed that while 24% of over 1,000 respondents thought televising a bad idea in early November 1989 , those thinking this had fallen to 15% by March 1990 , and a rising number of people agreed that it was a good idea because ‘ the public have a right to know what goes on ’ — 87% in the first survey and 95% in the later one . |