Example sentences of "on and [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " 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 | They go on and on about the nails . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Well , this went on and on until the pile of things Morag and Granny had cleared out of the cupboards was nearly all gone . |
| 6 | After that , it was straight on and up to the hill pass . |
| 7 | It was 10.23 according to the Holiday Inn 's radio alarm clock , which flashed on and off on the bedside panel , redly . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've seen him on and off over the years . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Cell proliferation is constantly being turned on and off in the target organs . |
| 11 | 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 . |