Example sentences of "but [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work-people would not be expected to reason why , but to go on doing until they retired . |
| 2 | All three features are designed to convey that Henry is not just looking at the roots but reflecting on them and struggling to think what it is they bring to mind . |
| 3 | It now appears that , in addition to this , I will be expected to part with a further portion of my income as a graduate tax to pay for my education , the last three years of which I am spending in hospitals , not only studying , but assisting on a voluntary basis with essential clinical procedures and tests . |
| 4 | I threaten nothing , but sit on my branch , attentive as any other creature ; as slowly the forest reveals itself in the cry of a bird , the crash of a branch , the rustle of leaves as something moves through the forest litter ; the incessant percussive music of insects . |
| 5 | The second foundational feature of the Birmingham scheme was the creation of a Juvenile Employment Exchange and Bureau under the direction of the Board of Trade , but housed on education premises ( an important fact for those who wished to preserve the ‘ educational ’ nature of the transition ) , together with ‘ the continuous co-operation and interchange of views ’ , which was to be the basis of a real partnership between exchange officials and the LEA . |
| 6 | Take your cue from the tone set by the interviewer but err on the side of formality . |
| 7 | Who did n't riot , but got on his bike and looked for work ? |
| 8 | Adam did n't say where he planned to go , though he thought his father guessed , but got on his bicycle and cycled over to Rufus 's . |
| 9 | Those of you who saved or remember the ‘ CRAP ’ incident with me and some floozy who supported Sheff Utd but got on the list , will recall that I paid Sheff Utd some compliments … in the form of Hodges , pemberton and Bassett . |
| 10 | So the point I 'm making is that offspring will be prepared to make sacrifices under those conditions , where erm , the R is greater than C. But parents will want offspring to make sacrifices , wherever B is greater than C , and the parent is not concerned with the discount parameter R , but agreed on relatedness , because parents are equally related through their offspring . |
| 11 | Camdessus said that " President Yeltsin has perfectly understood the methods of the IMF " and that the organization never dictated , but agreed on programmes with the countries concerned . |
| 12 | Then in 1773–4 he made two designs for a bridge to cross the Severn in Stourport , Worcestershire , the first to be of timber with stone abutments and the second a single arch of brick but resting on a cast-iron centre . |
| 13 | By larding on the make-up , Jane Pargeter seemed to have regained the charm and sharpness she displayed on television but lacked on the afternoon following the murder . |
| 14 | We may have been poor and ignorant in Glasgow but ratting on our friends was something we left to the narks , the narks and the prosperous classes . |
| 15 | The king , in great anger , ordered the immediate implementation of this judgement , but relented on the intercession of Abbot Ælfsige and Queen Emma , who argued that it was unjust to punish the whole community for the faults of a few . |
| 16 | There is no firm body of evidence of any sophisticated tactics ; the foot soldiers were divided into groups who supported the horse soldiers and some men , as we have suggested , rode into battle but fought on foot . |
| 17 | Janet had little option but to sit on his lap with her legs stretched over his . |
| 18 | She rose , ran across the room , unlocked the door , and then swiftly retreated to the bed again — not to lie on it , but to sit on it , huddled against the end , one shoulder against the iron railings of its head , hands primly in her lap , feet side by side , her whole posture defensive . |
| 19 | ‘ Honestly , how they get away with such stuff — it 's bad enough they take a large commission , but to sit on the money as long as they do … ’ |
| 20 | it maybe my Lord that there 's a judge upstairs better not to sit tomorrow afternoon but to sit on Friday |
| 21 | But depending on what ? |
| 22 | But depending on what is behind that material , those reasons , if you will , there may be — it might change this case completely [ author 's italics ] . |
| 23 | Probably not , but depending on mummy and daddy live . |
| 24 | IP , however , partially retains this approach but superimposes on it a distinction between direct and precatory words . |
| 25 | Politically motivated intellectuals tended not to fall silent on receiving official positions but to capitalize on their prominence . |
| 26 | They knew that the village police sergeant and constable were there not only to deal with ordinary crime but to report on any political activity in their district . |
| 27 | There is already a successful lower end of the market selling at under five pounds but competing on equal terms with the more familiar names |
| 28 | He threw himself forward touched and held an arm was hit in the stomach but clung on dropping the poker and hauling the man to him . |
| 29 | What little is known of his early life is cloaked in melodrama and make-believe , but it appears that his family , once prosperous but fallen on hard times in Lear 's early years , sold up and went their separate ways . |
| 30 | She is advised to stay there for five days but insists on going back with the band . |