Example sentences of "but i [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose I was on my way to call for Millie , but I walk on past the house instead , obscurely ashamed to have caught her father unawares . |
| 2 | The treadmill is the hardest , but I keep on . |
| 3 | My heart lurched and seemed to miss a beat , but I went on reading calmly , though the print was blurred . |
| 4 | So my skin began to look better , my guts were giving a great , big heartfelt vote of thanks , but I went on losing weight that it seemed to me I could ill afford to lose . |
| 5 | But I went on to bigger clubs . ’ |
| 6 | I was meant to talk for fifteen minutes but I went on for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 7 | I should have stopped looking at the pictures then , when past and present had clashed in my mind and made no meaning , but I went on . |
| 8 | But I went on grubbing for wood . |
| 9 | Lisabeth fumed but I went on . |
| 10 | But I took on the idea of transcendence only at a personal level . |
| 11 | But I go on for ever … ‘ |
| 12 | I was n't too keen on this cheek to cheek business , with men I 'd never seen before and did n't know the names of , but I kept on telling myself not to be standoffish and to relax a bit , but as for jiving — no , I could n't do that . |
| 13 | When I first started to smoke a cigarette , I felt ill but I kept on because everyone else was doing it , but with sniffing glue when I first tried it I enjoyed it , it 's something I did enjoy , that 's the reason I started anyway . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But I kept on fighting like Frankie told me . |
| 15 | I used to love riding , but I went over a jump seven years ago and the horse stopped , but I kept on going , and I fractured my back , so I thought , I 'm too old for that . |
| 16 | I was tired but I kept on doing it and doing it ; they asked me to stop but I would n't . |
| 17 | But I kept on thinking , he took me to the concert , and he came back here to her . |
| 18 | But I kept on reading . |
| 19 | My body was giving up , but I kept on . |
| 20 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 21 | But I put on a bright new grin . |
| 22 | From the rattles and clunks it 's difficult to tell what 's happening , but I switch on the cassette recorder in case . |
| 23 | ‘ But I got on well with him . |
| 24 | Oh they use to , everybody was afraid of him , but I got on very well with him . |
| 25 | Hotel-keeping 's double Dutch to me at the moment — but I catch on fast , Michael . |
| 26 | The outside air temperature was above minimum , but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway , just to be sure . |
| 27 | But I run on again ; assuredly you have determined on your own best ways of presenting the topic , you who are so wise and learned in your retirement . |
| 28 | But I held on to my tongue , and got sent to interview Scottish big ears , Paul Haig . |
| 29 | I do n't know if it was the Irish temper in me or the Mexican , but I leapt on to the first marine I could reach . |
| 30 | She did not look convinced , but I soldiered on . |