Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To see them within their realm , led me to understand why divers go on and on about fish and viz. And the viz was good . |
| 2 | He 's been rattling on about people bemoaning the passing of Trevino and Palmer , saying there are no characters left , merely machine-like robots who take five minutes to select a club , 10 minutes to line up a putt , and five-and-a-half hours to complete a round . |
| 3 | and er , we were like , we was on about , you know like we were talking about the education system and everything in English and you know I told you they were on about people changing at eleven and everyone else in the class wanted the thirteen system except me , it 's only cos what they 're used |
| 4 | Cos they 've been on about people |
| 5 | Thus , psychiatrists ( or consultants in mental handicap ) , clinical psychologists , occupational therapists , physiotherapists and speech therapists are represented on between 40% and 50 , of teams . |
| 6 | Previously , following changes made in 1985 , the rate was 5 per cent of all earnings for those on between £43 and £75 a week , 7 per cent for those earning from £75 to £115 a week , and 9 per cent for those earning over £115 . |
| 7 | Getting on for 50% of the money spent on advertising goes into television , and more like 70% in big agencies . |
| 8 | After the deluge , life goes on for trout |
| 9 | Disregarding this turn , the road for Altdorf continues straight on for 2km ( just over a mile ) . |
| 10 | I thought we were on for charades . |
| 11 | This improvement was substantial : from slightly worse than myopic on the first attempt , the average improved to getting on for 40% of the difference between the optimal and the myopic on the second . |
| 12 | Caterham , however , will try to sell it on for £17,500 . |
| 13 | The heat is on for £5.5m star |
| 14 | Some products are sold with a very strong emphasis on after sales service , warranties , guarantees , technical advice and similar benefits . |
| 15 | Because Boo is locked away , it makes his character very mysterious and at first it 's hard to know if the rumours spread around about Boo only coming out at night to hunt for his dinner , eating squirrels and peering in through people 's windows are true , but gradually as we read more into the book , we are given clues to suggest that he is not the monster , people make him out to be . |
| 16 | Gun gang go down for 1p |
| 17 | Initially knocked down for $160,000 , a bidding dispute led to its immediate reappearance where it sold for $50,000 ( £31,250 ) . |
| 18 | Both had superb , doubly dissected leaves , as elegant as the foliage of ferns , hanging down for 2ft or so . |
| 19 | The item was keenly competed for by two telephone bidders but it was finally knocked down for £790 to a bidder in the saleroom . |
| 20 | ( Although the repayment amounts , per month and total , were scaled down for people considering smaller loans , the numbers of months and APRs were identical . ) |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not the only one who goes in for charades , ’ he said harshly . |
| 22 | Yes , her husband had asked her to put in for £500 worth of shares . |
| 23 | Sometimes a kingfisher will perch on a nearby overhanging twig , cock its eye to the water and plunge in for fish . |
| 24 | The American civil war decided something fundamental it did n't decide , as some people argue , that blacks were equal to whites this was w one of the least of Abraham Lincoln 's concerns Abraham Lincoln supported in the eighteen fifties , I throw this in for people who Americ and there 's usually an American in the audience who 's brought up to believe that Abraham Lincoln walks on the water , you know erm he actually suffered from syphilis by that 's by the way |
| 25 | The decision means those who invested up to £50,000 will get 90 per cent of their money , those who put in between £50,000 and £100,000 will receive 80 per cent , and those over £100,000 will get 60 per cent . |
| 26 | 69 are raking in between £500,000 and £1 million . |
| 27 | The film pulled in between £48m and £50m ( £32–33.5m ) in ticket sales , studio executives said . |
| 28 | Software Publishing Corp warns that a turnover shortfall in the second quarter will yield share earnings between $0.15 and $0.17 , compared with $0.32 , on turnover of $43.4m in the year-ago period : second quarter revenues are expected to come in between $31m and $33m , and it blames continued price competition and soft international demand . |
| 29 | Er in between sales |
| 30 | Other workers have found ras gene mutations in between 39% and 47% of colorectal cancers . |