Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] on about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it is appalling that the Opposition whinge on about the failure of this country to export , when we know that what we need from both sides of the House is unanimity to help exporters and not complaints about them ? |
| 2 | Listen to people on the Continent going on about the inadequacies of their own health-care systems . |
| 3 | No need to go on about the band in this preamble . |
| 4 | At a national level , there is a debate going on about the need for generic units to underpin those qualifications which are highly occupationally-specific so that , for example , skills in areas such as literacy , numeracy and communication can be promoted . |
| 5 | Mr Evans 's voice boomed on about the things he had done when he was a boy — mostly earning money in his spare time to help his poor mother — but though Auntie Lou seemed to be listening , she was n't listening to him . |
| 6 | The second paragraph goes on about the report to council Environmental Services Committee by the District Chief . |
| 7 | Then the ginger kitten I hid in the garden shed and mother found it and there was a monumental scene and Helen called her a beast ; funny , I can hear it now , mother going on about the kitten and Helen suddenly exploding and mother 's face . |