Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] not go on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This of course could not go on and she had no intention of staying . |
| 2 | But in 1869 Uncle Elias , who belonged to this secret group , suddenly left America with all their papers , and so the group could not go on . |
| 3 | Florrie could not go on . |
| 4 | Generally , the cuckoo will not go on to take more than one egg , for , presumably , while the host tolerates the substitution or addition of an egg , it wo n't tolerate the loss of one . |
| 5 | However , the only things which are spelt out are that development can not go on without them , the fact that new skills will be introduced and the fact that incomers might form a catalyst for the rejuvenation of local voluntary groups . |
| 6 | Just a few months ago , only the most rabid anti-royalist thought that the monarchy would not go on and on . |
| 7 | To avoid boredom one activity should not go on for too long , so always have a variety of activities ready . |
| 8 | I also feel that this country can not go on permitting the unrestricted sale of looted antiquities from abroad . |
| 9 | Yesterday , Mr Baron said that strict justice demanded that ‘ the European Parliament can not go on being regarded as a marginal institution , able only to speak but not to take decisions ’ . |