Example sentences of "on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you carry on through New Polzeath , Polzeath and Trebetherick the path emerges at Daymer Bay . |
| 2 | A male 's vigour in display may also indicate to the female a mate with whose genes hers can mix with a high chance of being passed on through future generations . |
| 3 | God alone knew what the traffic would be like on the freeway , through the mean streets of Edgware , down to the inferno that was the A406 , on through gloomy Tolworth and Chessington , out to the no-man's-land that was Leatherhead . |
| 4 | They 're waterproof , too , and stay on through vigorous activity . |
| 5 | It is especially in East Greece that in the middle and later sixth century engravers ( like two Samians , Theodoros and Mnesarchos , father of the philosopher Pythagoras ) produce the first tiny masterpieces of this art which is to flourish on through classical and Hellenistic times . |
| 6 | The extra costs of £9.60 a year per household are thought likely to be passed on through local taxation . |
| 7 | In fact there is little natural water hereabouts ; what there is usually disappears down cracks and fissures , tumbling down sunless waterfalls and on through subterranean channels to reappear some distance lower down in the valleys . |
| 8 | Then on through beautiful Swiss scenery to Lake Lugano for lunch , before travelling back to Lake Como , and driving along Europe 's most spectacular lakeside road . |
| 9 | In Southall bussing and reception classes go on through secondary school . |
| 10 | Then you ring Dial-A-Ticket ( 0532–710710 ) which is generally engaged , so you re-dial at frequent intervals till you get through to a recorded ticket office girl blotering on about similar information . |
| 11 | ‘ And Maggie 's always on about Victorian values , ’ I persisted , ‘ the sanctity of the family group — ‘ |
| 12 | I should have something to say later on about future care by Mr . |
| 13 | Tied in questions , they , they usually ask , you know I went on to you on , on about tied ins , right , did n't you , has n't it , would n't you , right , would n't you prefer , would n't you rather , right , if you could would n't you . |
| 14 | What you on about disgusting . |
| 15 | He went on about various things but I only half heard him . |
| 16 | Chainsaw guitars , bonecrusher drums , some bloke yammering on about serial killers … a sound that could only come from one place . |
| 17 | She was on about general conversation , you should have it on the whole time . |
| 18 | Horses wo n't be airsick all over your lap ; they do n't drone on about overbooked hotels , or insist on playing Scrabble to pass the time . |
| 19 | So when she was going on about Nigerian boys , I said , " So what , if I went out with this guy , you 'd be lucky if he stayed with me . " |
| 20 | It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers , but the plain fact of the matter was that the disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists ' houses and smashing their windows . |
| 21 | There is one other point I 'd just like because yo you 've been on about Labour controlled Councils . |
| 22 | This is n't a political or geographical question , and I 'm not going to ramble on about environmental issues . |
| 23 | She was allowed to talk about herself if he was allowed to rave on about black men . |
| 24 | He 's going on about damn baths at the moment . |
| 25 | No she does to you though cos she 's always going on about other people talking about other people . |
| 26 | ‘ Willy rambled on about Norman archways and perpendicular naves , as if glad to have some arcane topic to take his mind off the inquest . |
| 27 | What is it going on about liquid gold and gold ? |
| 28 | but erm he was on about certain aspects that he picked up from her , but having been in gypsy caravans round here , as when they were on Line Brook you see we were always at Line Brook for one reason or another |
| 29 | I gave him a lecture about how the car was too heavy , going on about power-to-weight ratios . |
| 30 | Reading of the treatment by Durham County Council of the old people 's homes that are being closed , I say it is an absolute disgrace and this by the people who keep on about caring councils . |