Example sentences of "on and [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 . ’
2 The newspaper are going on and on and on about the problems that people have road and road .
3 They go on and on about the nails . ’
4 Even when , halfway through the morning he broke out with , ‘ Well , there 's no need for you to keep on and on about the table , ’ I did not point out that I had said nothing , that it was he who was ‘ going on and on about it ’ inside himself .
5 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 .
6 She was anxious at the long absence of her visitor , and at the voices , her mother 's voice in particular , sounding on and on through the afternoon .
7 Well , this went on and on until the pile of things Morag and Granny had cleared out of the cupboards was nearly all gone .
8 After that , it was straight on and up to the hill pass .
9 ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year .
10 Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way .
11 It was 10.23 according to the Holiday Inn 's radio alarm clock , which flashed on and off on the bedside panel , redly .
12 After studying accountancy at Chicago University , he worked on and off as an investment analyst .
13 ‘ I 've seen him on and off over the years . ’
14 Bare coloured bulbs flashed on and off around a come-on sign .
15 I turn back and carry on looking in the window , but it 's hard to concentrate with this blue light flashing on and off in the glass .
16 Cell proliferation is constantly being turned on and off in the target organs .
17 And , backing this melodic chorus , we were aware of another noise — as we had been on and off throughout the day — the all-pervasive hum of the power station transformers .
18 I suspect all doctors must learn how to turn charm on and off like a tap .
19 He gives a performance by combining his mannerisms , including a smile turned tentatively on and off like a light bulb and the stooped strut of an over-age Holden Caulfield .
20 ‘ He 'll entertain a whole load of people watching while we 're out on location but he can turn it on and off like a light — the cameras roll and he 's totally into Grant Mitchell .
21 I 've been smoking on and off like a chimney
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