Example sentences of "he [modal v] not go on " in BNC.

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1 He was a big fit man but he realised he could not go on much longer , and his iron resolve began to melt in the face of the powers of nature surrounding him .
2 The same realization came to the King , pushed towards his precipice by Hardinge harshly telling him that he could not go on without a decision .
3 I can not … ’ but he could not go on because his voice was shaking with such rage .
4 He could not go on .
5 Thus a believer begins to ‘ keep God 's word ’ or ‘ walk as Christ walked ’ ( 2:5,6 ) : ‘ he does not go on sinning , because God 's seed remains in him , and he can not go on sinning , because he is born of God ’ ( 3:9 ) .
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