Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] and [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newspaper are going on and on and on about the problems that people have road and road . |
| 2 | on and on and on and on and on as a border , now she thinks that 's about the washing machine ad you know the Ariston washing ad , on and on . |
| 3 | It is n't intended to go anywhere , just fill the time of day … on and on and on with no point or purpose other than to fill the time , like the rocking of a chair . ’ |
| 4 | One of the direct results of science and technology has been an increase in production , and a ‘ spin-off ’ or yield of such things as anaesthetics , principles of bacteriology and immunology and hygiene , better control of health and illness , the provision of machines to do what women and children were earlier forced to do , cheaper paper , vast presses to permit the masses to read , followed by other mass media , much better conditions in homes and factories and cities — and on and on in a never-ending list . |
| 5 | For the elderly who have some form of infirmity , the normal daily routine of keeping the body clean and disposing of its waste products can be exhausting , hazardous , and , in some cases even painful when the back must be bent and the limbs slowly manipulated into the appropriate positions to get in and out of the bath , and down and up from the lavatory seat . |
| 6 | The burly barman , it might be he was once a footballer : he booted the man up and down and up and down and out into the street . |
| 7 | The sides of the pond were flat , slabbed with grey stone , and in and out of the water lilies , also flat , great goldfish , thick as your fist , slid underwater . |
| 8 | A very lazy way to spend a day in the sun , is to buy a ‘ day ’ ticket , and hop on and off the boats and in and out of the many cafes and restaurants dotted around the lake . |
| 9 | They tend to move very easily between agencies , in and out of temporary work and in and out of the labour market . |
| 10 | Sometimes Feeny will rise and sway , humming , with her arms above her head waving , remembering carnival 's forbidden dancing , sashaying down the streets of Jamieston in the wake of the bands weaving like a single creature on a hundred legs , through the alleys and in and out of the back yards . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm up and down the stairs and in and out of the bloody shelter like a hen on a hot griddle . |
| 12 | Why , in the Davidson Room and in and out of the Church we cherish every Reader 's Digest ! |
| 13 | Well that 's , what I do is I use that metal that you can hang it with and just hang it onto a little hook so it 's up and over and out of the way . |
| 14 | There was — a gulp and a yell and the rest of the glass ( he had drunk at least some ) flew up and out and on to the sanded floor of the dining area . |