Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And slowly goes on growing up . |
| 2 | All three pupils are now following A-level course work at Aquinas College , Stockport and hope eventually to go on to university . |
| 3 | ‘ Tell me , Uncle , is it all right to carry on thinking about ordinary gravity force instead of wonky space — if you want to ? ’ |
| 4 | She added : ‘ When he eventually got on to the train he left the bird on a seat next to his cabin . |
| 5 | And so I went there and they er I eventually got on . |
| 6 | Tiphook Piggyback System Demonstration — This new innovative system will be actively demonstrated explaining how road vehicles can be successfully carried on the railway . |
| 7 | Her successor , Margaret Moore , successfully carried on the established pattern . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , they were soon moved to different duties , but before doing so they were able to train a third person , a Sergeant , who has since carried on the work . |
| 9 | Peter was rather doted on in his childhood — with the sort of results you see now . ’ |
| 10 | This in effect meant that PFF actually did 45 sorties , but please to remember that few Pathfinder aircrew elected to opt out at the 45 mark and most carried on to the magic 60 , And further take note that over 100 PFF aircrew managed the ton ( 100 sorties ) . |
| 11 | In recession Hollywood , the race is on to come on seriously downbeat , hence the current fad for nutritional slumming . |
| 12 | In the quarries at Chapel Stile , Dave Birkett has added Keep On Keeping On , E7 7± : in effect a direct on his own Scared Rabbit . |
| 13 | Dummies have since caught on as a fashion accessory at raves , but whether the trend was sparked by the emergence of Ketamine , or whether it 's just a way to keep the burning under control , is lost to myth and drug folklore . |
| 14 | It was little enough to go on , but it was at least a beginning . |
| 15 | When we write the stories of people we know , we often fall into the trap of identifying too strongly with our subject and not giving the reader enough to go on because the material is too familiar to us . |
| 16 | He had little enough to go on : someone anti-Republic , anti-Irish , his mother had said , but who ? |
| 17 | " Are you sure you 're well enough to go on hunting , Dad ? " he asked anxiously . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's little enough to go on . ’ |
| 19 | I told him they said there was n't enough to go on , but if anything else happened it would all count . ’ |
| 20 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 21 | When the complexities of circumstance defeat analysis , and we grope for the best prediction or choice attainable , we do not doubt that there is a better founded prediction or better informed choice which no one perhaps will be lucky enough to hit on . |
| 22 | It 's small enough to carry on the hill , but the historical introductions get together to give a good potted history of the Golden Age of Alpinism . |
| 23 | She was strong enough to carry on , to make the most of what she had left . |
| 24 | So you think you are rich enough to carry on . |
| 25 | He recovered sufficiently to carry on racing — although the car required rewelding ! |
| 26 | Now I have finally begun , he wrote , I have only to go on and the end will arrive . |
| 27 | Only to go on making towards the smoke , that was all they needed to do . |
| 28 | Inspired by the words of his immigrant father , who told him , ‘ You could be anything you want to be , if you wanted it bad enough and were willing to work for it , ’ Lee Iacocca worked his way up to the presidency of Ford Motor Company , from which he was abruptly fired by Henry Ford II , only to go on to rescue Chrysler from bankruptcy , thumb his nose at Ford in a best-selling autobiography , renovate the Statue of Liberty , and gain mention as a possible presidential candidate . |
| 29 | Erm he , he then obviously goes on to erm to erm talk about peasant bans and prohibitions erm and for some incredible reason the peasants suddenly take a disliking to gaming , gambling and opium smoking , three things that I could n't think of anything I 'd like to do more , erm |
| 30 | Well I 'm , I 'm the Chairman carry on so to carry on . |