Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [pron] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat down and began to pour out the tea and , her voice still quiet , she went on , ‘ I do n't suppose it 's really so bad for you , instructing or teaching , whatever it is you do , but in the Naafi , amidst the clatter — ’ she now looked at him and her words were spaced as she went on , ‘ and the chaff and the ribbing ; well , I sometimes think I have died and gone to hell , because that 's what I think hell must be like ; constant joking , especially when you hear the same thing repeated over and over again . ’ |
| 2 | But live these experiments are virtually forgotten as they plough on with their ridiculously outdated , clichéd brand of power punk . |
| 3 | They did n't even get as far as the bedroom , one of the soft rugs strewn over the carpeting in her lounge serving as their bed of reunion , Maria still partly and Luke almost fully clothed as they subsided on to its subtly glowing colours . |
| 4 | Penry 's eyes softened as he went on to describe the rest of his family ; Katharine , married to a merchant banker and mother of two teenage sons , and Clemency , Charity 's twin , married to a writer and broadcaster and mother of twin girls and a son . |
| 5 | Her eyes widened as she took on an air of great sadness . |