Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 2 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 4 | If I should cry , trying to express the inexpressible , that I had walked the wind with archangels , she would have been worried and annoyed ; and if I had gone on to say that I had forfeited those heights and lived now in an unremitting shadowless glare of exposure in a runnel of Hell , she would have feared for my mental health . |
| 5 | In normal circumstances , no one would have noticed if I had carried on from there . |
| 6 | My heart froze for a second , as if I had put on an elaborate disguise and suddenly been addressed by name — I did n't feel safe any more . |
| 7 | What should I do if I want to go on losing weight ? |
| 8 | I almost feel as if I have gone on getting to know and understand her after she died , and have done my mourning as I go , whereas with my father the relationship was perfect and complete and ended with his death . ' |
| 9 | If I have to go on working I do n't see why you should n't . |
| 10 | ‘ Hey , if I have to go on with this much longer , I 'm going to start fancying you myself . ’ |
| 11 | He 'd go mad if I started putting on weight . |
| 12 | He said he thought some of my men would follow me if I decided to go on . |
| 13 | If she decides to hurry on , |
| 14 | I wondered if she 'd moved on to another place in the forest without saying anything , but when I stood perfectly still , I could hear the rhythmic scratching of her karaso from behind some trees , and the occasional tearing sound when she accidentally caught it in the undergrowth . |
| 15 | She talked as if she had taken on the mantle of Philip Marlowe , a female arch sleuth for whom the teeming underworld held no secrets . |
| 16 | Well if you rung you could always say oh I 'll have to go cos somebody at the door if she starts going on a bit long . |
| 17 | Asked her if she 's signed on at Trevalle |
| 18 | If she wants to fight on she 'll have to pay and she says she has n't enough money . |
| 19 | If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professional reputation she 'd better start by controlling her haywire emotions . |
| 20 | For Carolina in Brazil the non-controversial fiction film was likewise the only option left if she wanted to go on working at all : she had been jailed several times for the making of political films . |
| 21 | She said , " Philip , I know that if you had taken on this job on a business basis you would have had to charge hundreds . |
| 22 | ‘ We 'll be ‘ ere till doomsday if you go bletherin' on , ’ said Tom . |
| 23 | If you 'd gone on . |
| 24 | What if you 'd gone on believing the worst of me and into the bargain you 'd ended up having to marry Janice ? |
| 25 | If you keep going on like this , right ready let's run over the B M W ! |
| 26 | If you like to get on I 'll fetch my horse . ’ |
| 27 | If you have to venture on to the roof , be sure to hire a roof ladder which hooks over the roof ridge ; and for other work above ground level , make sure your ladder is anchored so it ca n't move . |
| 28 | Not as rosy as you might think if you have to rely on just the state pension , or fail to review existing pension arrangements . |
| 29 | ‘ If you want to go on further I 'm game . |
| 30 | It means keep away if you want to go on living . ’ |