Example sentences of "on [conj] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it ran on , beyond the perimeter of the chamber , on and on in a straight line for hundreds of metres , for kilometres , dwindling in the distance to a taut thread against darkness but still stretching away . |
| 2 | A separate report indicated that Iran may have been working on the development of such a weapon on and off for a good decade . |
| 3 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |
| 4 | Nor does it rely principally on my experience in classrooms , though I have been , briefly , a secondary schoolteacher and have been visiting schools and working with young people in a variety of ways on and off for the last sixteen years . |
| 5 | USL chairman , AT&T executive Bob Kavner , says he talked with Ray Noorda on and off over the last year about acquiring USL . |
| 6 | Firstly , I have been buying this magazine on and off since the first time that Elite ( by Firebird ) was reviewed . |
| 7 | The electricity industry has an extra desire : to switch consumers ' equipment on and off from a central point . |