Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] not go on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , properly managed , perhaps using birth control instead of the crude culls practised by Zimbabwe and its friends , there is no reason why elephants should not go on producing ‘ found ’ ivory ( tusks picked up after natural mortality ) and tourist revenue for ever . |
| 2 | At times Ludens wondered whether this state of affairs might not go on for ever , whether he might not give up his job and become Marcus 's — what ? — friend , secretary , servant , dog . |
| 3 | Leith afterwards supposed she should have realised that that state of affairs could not go on indefinitely without someone getting hurt . |
| 4 | It is obvious that things can not go on as they are . |
| 5 | The self-destruction of one partner meant that the games could not go on . |
| 6 | However , his co-chairman Lord Owen , appointed by the European Community , warned that peace talks could not go on forever , saying there would come a time when action had to be taken by the international community . |
| 7 | ‘ The talks can not go on indefinitely if the IRA go on killing and bombing and Mr Adams does n't come out to signal any opposition to them . ’ |
| 8 | The present idiotic trends can not go on forever , and there could soon be drastic changes . |