Example sentences of "and he [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | There he learned that the original fleet was now in Sicily and he hastened on to Messina to join them . |
| 2 | He does , he likes to get in the bedroom and , and he fiddles on with the erm |
| 3 | Dad knew it was no good arguing with her and he carried on with the job . |
| 4 | And it did n't worry him when he got into the sensitive parts with his drill ; my strangled cries were of no avail and he carried on remorselessly to the end : I had the impression that Hector thought it was cissy to feel pain , or maybe he was of the opinion that suffering was good for the soul . |
| 5 | I think he had a little bit of ill health and my immediate superior took over as Traffic Superintendent and he was there throughout the war and when I came out he was my boss and er you see and er and then in nineteen forty eight was made Transport Manager , because as you say we had to split from Electric Supply and he carried on until erm nineteen seventy two and erm , we had government reorganization and erm they did away with people like the Town Clerk and Transport Manager and erm erm was retired , early retirement , the same as the Town Clerk and erm they brought in a General Manager from away and brought in more staff with him and that was came in and er so I then applied for the position , which was going , there was , there was Traffic Superintendent was going er Chief Administration Officer , Chief Engineer and erm er Bodywork Maintenance Superintendent . |
| 6 | Well as I say , the police stopped them the other morning and one of the lads had a chat with the driver and all this and he carried on . |
| 7 | She went out and he carried on . |
| 8 | ‘ He left her lying there motionless in her own hall , the walls spattered with her blood , lying on her back and he carried on with his plan to steal , ’ Mr Burke said . |
| 9 | When his lips came back to hers , Jenna was soft and pliant , no resistance in her at all , and he rolled on to his back , pulling her over him fiercely and cupped her hot face in strong fingers . |
| 10 | And he dropped on to such an immaculate length straight away that his first five overs cost just four runs and included the wicket of Jonathan Lewis for 21 . |
| 11 | She pushed a chair behind him and he dropped on to it , sitting forward , gripping the sideboard . |
| 12 | Carey stumbled , suddenly having to take half Piper 's weight , and he fell on to the couch taking Piper with him . |
| 13 | And he keeps on asking me what I 'd like him to buy . |
| 14 | She nodded and he went on , ‘ I was lonely . |
| 15 | In the same letter to Katkov Dostoevsky also claimed that the murder was itself the merest peg ; ‘ I am only taking the accomplished fact ’ ; and he went on to assert that the human type ‘ which corresponds to this crime ’ was the creature of his imagination . |
| 16 | But to have lighted upon a new yet universal truth amused him and he went on thinking about it until he came to Jolyon Vigo 's house . |
| 17 | And he went on gazing out of the window , drawing on it with his finger until Mrs Hollins came out and rapped on the glass . |
| 18 | The company looked stunned and he went on . |
| 19 | Only four horses cleared it , including Tina Cassan with Genesis , but this was the horse 's first show since December and he went on to lower three other fences . |
| 20 | Greg 's first round 74 had not done any damage , though , and he went on to inflict a body-blow on the course , the rest of the field , and the title . |
| 21 | When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity . |
| 22 | Moments later he was chatting to the C.P.R. Divisional Superintendent , Tom Warner , thanking him for his obviously favourable comments on the broadcast , and he went on , ‘ But seriously , Tom , I want a favour . |
| 23 | Nick actually captained the Palace on occasions in Walker 's absence , and he went on to play regularly for us throughout the first three wartime seasons , before his duties in the Royal Navy prevented him continuing his Palace career . |
| 24 | Howe 's reputation as an animal painter was made when Sir John Sinclair of the Board of Agriculture commissioned him to draw details of various breeds of cattle , and he went on to paint hundreds more pictures , mostly of horses . |
| 25 | But he was in a cheerful mood and he went on with another story altogether . |
| 26 | ‘ May I observe that this is a rather strange sort of idleness … ’ and he went on to admit that , although it was difficult for him to defend his present way of life , there was purpose in it , even if that purpose was an obscure one . |
| 27 | He quoted from the life of Carey and Prayer call of Fuller in 1784 where he says , ‘ Let the whole interest of the Redeemer be affectionately remembered ’ , and he went on to say we are called to WORK not a holiday . |
| 28 | It was n't the goddamn navy , really , and he went on muttering all the way past Chatterton 's impassive gaze and so into the cabin that the two of them shared . |
| 29 | ‘ I am not quite sure , ’ the writer said , ‘ why these American officers were in the Catalinas ’ , and he went on to say that if they did play a valuable part in the operation , the Admiralty might care to recognize their services . |
| 30 | And he went on to gain first-class status with Western Province in the comparatively liberal atmosphere of the Cape . |