Sentence examples for carried on for a while from inspiring English sources

Both were working in a mood of optimism, in Roddenberry's case embodying in the TV series Star Trek the spirit engendered by John F Kennedy that carried on for a while after his death.

And that carried on for a while and then finally, when I was 16, he couldn't do it any more.' But although she is not religious herself, she says it rubbed off on her: 'You said something about my moral seriousness - I hope that doesn't make me sound like a terrible drag!

Still, the party carried on for a while, until it all caught up with him in a series of strokes.

The debate carried on for a while.

Should there be a holding company with four subsidiaries at the start of the privatisation process, for example, or should Japan Post carry on for a while as one big integrated firm?Whether the prime minister gets his way is an important test of how far reform will go.

Do I mind if she carries on for a while?

But on we go, and I envisage our partnership carrying on for a while yet.

If he wins, it will be a sign that the old, frugal, inward-looking, self-reliant Switzerland, UN member though it will then be, may carry on for a while yet.

'I just cannot think of a better job than mine in the world, except perhaps being Prime Minister, and I look forward to carrying on for a while yet.' He has already been elected twice and said he will run again in 2008.

I am sure he will carry on for a while, but captains who lose series do tend to think about stepping down.

Oddly, I remember of that occasion only that Jackie and the Governor carried on for a short while in French, though for the life of me I can't imagine why.