Push on Sentence Examples

As Turkish detachments watching this strip of coastline were known to number only about 2,000 men - the Ottoman authorities never contemplating a hostile landing in force in the locality - the design was to put most of the attacking troops ashore during the night of the 6th-7th as a surprise, and that they should then push on at once and master a range of hills 4 or 5 m.

Having successfully completed his investigations and sent copies of inscriptions and drawings of the tombs to Renan in Paris, he determined to push on farther into the desert.

Catherine went home by land and stayed for a month in Genoa with Madonna Orietta Scotti, a noble lady of that city, at whose house Gregory had a long colloquy with her, which encouraged him to push on to Rome.

The travellers were able to push on as far as the north-eastern bank of the great Tengri Nor, which they reached on the 30th of November 1893.

He, however, made good his retreat to the capital, and, on the advance of a French army, the prince of Orange did not deem it prudent to push on farther.

He opened his attack on Dec. z i by a push on each wing of his front, from the Brenta valley and Monte Pertica against Col della Berretta, and against both sides of the Solarolo salient.

Now you approve of the character and paper, I will push on the edition vigorously.

In 1547 he won the great but barren victory of Pinkie Cleugh over the Scots, and attempted to push on the marriage and Admlnisunion by a mixture of conciliation and coercion.

When free trade came, and when the free constitution of Denmark had produced its legitimate effects, the endeavours of a few patriots such as Jon Sigurdsson were able to push on the next generation a step further.

To push on farther might isolate the left wing among a host of allies.

It seemed that all these men, now that they had stopped amid fields in the chill dusk of the autumn evening, experienced one and the same feeling of unpleasant awakening from the hurry and eagerness to push on that had seized them at the start.

Dolokhov replied that they were not hungry and must push on farther that night.

Robson 's been living off the Great Escape season, but last season we were expecting to push on.

Richard and Dalek would push on at their own pace and we would straggle along at ours.

Still let the hero from the start In honest sweat and beats of heart Push on along the untrodden road For some inviolate abode.

Starting with the '68 model, MGBs had the horn push on the left stalk and the windshield washer push on the right stalk.

To do this, hold the paw firmly and push on the pad to extend the nail.

Turn the base of the bottle a quarter turn and push on the cork again.

When you push on the bracelet she makes noises and can say, "Mommy."

Then gently push on the gas while releasing the clutch.

This is the album that really catapulted Fall Out Boy to mainstream success, which was helped in no small part by a major push on MTV and the use of Fall Out Boy songs in many popular teen TV shows, like Dawson's Creek and The O.C.

Wright frittered away his time in the district beyond the Darling and did not attempt to follow the party to Cooper's Creek, and Burke, tired of waiting, determined to push on.

The Romans profited by this inaction to push on the siegeworks, without provoking resistance by actual assaults until the very end.

Still everything pointed to the concentration of the Russians at Vilna, and Jerome, who on the 5th of July had reached Grodno, was ordered to push on.

This led the latter to push on without due regard to tactical precautions, and Blucher took advantage of their carelessness when at Haynau (May 26), with some twenty squadrons of Landwehr cavalry, he surprised, rode over and almost destroyed Maison's division.

Tomorrow we hope to push on to the site of Camp 3, exact location to be decided.

The anti-tobacco zealots in the UK have been stoking up the hysteria ready for the big push on smoking in public places.

The surgeon may knead and push on the uterus to move or flip the fetus.

Recent KitchenAid Blenders use a push-on, heavy-duty rubber lid for the blender jar.

The push-on lids come in two color options, white and black.