If they do, they read for another 20 seconds, before deciding again whether to press on, until there is either enough interest to justify an interview or to toss you into the "no" pile.
If a suspect, in the early stages of torture, says he knows nothing, the torturer's response is not to stop but to press on, until the torture "works" — until, perhaps just by picking up cues, the prisoner figures out what he or she is supposed to say to make it stop.
DiGenova pressed on until he left office at the end of 1988.
And somehow, just barely, he stayed afloat and pressed on until the Depression began to lift.
Unfazed, the Americans pressed on until, in the 84th minute, their efforts finally paid off.
Tired, thirsty, their clothes shredded by thorns, they pressed on until the next morning, when they ran smack into two North Vietnamese soldiers bearing AK47s.
Israel has vowed to press on with its campaign until rocket attacks stop.
I think England will try to press on tomorrow, bat until tea time - perhaps a little more - and then stick New Zealand in.
Onward I pressed, my alveoli on fire, until finally, with one big primordial bubble, the smoke broke through to the surface and rushed into my chest with the jolt of a defibrillator resuscitation.
We also believe that talks should press on until completed".
While investigators Tuesday said their inquiry is beginning to wind down, they vowed to press on until the reckoning they promised nearly a year ago is complete.
