Go on

//ˈɡoʊˌɒn//

"Go on" in a Sentence (25 examples)

The meeting seemed to go on forever.

This road goes on for another twenty miles.

I think I've said enough now; I'm not sure I should go on.

He went on walking even when the policeman told him to stop.

One might imagine that the directors foresaw the somewhat uninspiring appearance of the future Manchester stations, and decided to start as it was intended to go on.

She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.

He started the competition badly but went on to win the gold medal.

"Do you want to hear a joke?" — "Oh, all right, go on then."

The kid who starts a business selling candy out of his locker always goes on to be a major sleazeball later in life.

Will you stop going on about your stupid holiday?

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Sam goes on and on about Pokémon.

Don't ask Sam about Pokémon, because he'll go on and on.

"I don't believe you." I shake my head. "How on earth did you remember that? I must have told you years ago."[…] "First of all, you go on about it far more than you think you do,[…]."

What's going on?

I really don't want to know what goes on between you and your boyfriend behind closed doors.

At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed. Plenty of other heroes were dying elsewhere. Plenty of bigger bits of history were being made.

Bertha's about to finish her song. Who's going on next?

Smith went on for Jones at left back after Jones got injured.

It was pitch black and then suddenly all the lights went on.

Go on! You were saying about those other ones too?

A: He asked Fiona to marry him. B: Go on! A: It's true, I swear.

Go on! You can do it!

—So three hundred on the chair then, and can we do two-fifty on the clock? —Go on, then.

We can't go on what this map says; it's twenty years out of date.

I didn't make a decision because I didn't have anything to go on.

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