Example sentences of "on [conj] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Then contact either on or on for further details . |
2 | Most rocker switches are wired for one-way operation — that is , the light is turned on and off from just the one position ; but most are capable of two-way operation , where the light is turned on or off from two places — in a through room , in a bedroom , or top and bottom of the stairs , for instance . |
3 | Sorry to go on and on about this backing up business , but it 's much better to do it than to end up losing information ( and I write as someone who has done just that in the past ; of course I 'm perfect now ) . |
4 | He had kept on and on about those keys , although she had been deaf to his insistence ; he had come several miles to catch her at home and seize a chance to rifle her bag for them ; if there had been any purpose to the meeting at the Old Mitre it might have been to get the keys . |
5 | They would go on and on at great speed . |
6 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
7 | Jazzbeaux had been wearing them on and off for two days . |
8 | A 30 year old woman presented with asthma which she had on and off for 3 years . |
9 | But , apart from a winter break , whatever is planned around the 23rd relates to one specific plan or association which has been on and off for several months and is now back on again . |
10 | Recall that at the beginning of this piece I briefly discussed what the representational theory of the mind has got right : that thoughts are not simple responses , reactions or reverberations to environmental stimulation — contrasting this with the case of the thermostat which automatically switches on and off at pre-set temperatures . |
11 | This means that while you are out for the evening , anyone who may be watching the house will be unsure as to whether you are at home or not , because various lights will go on and off at different times . |
12 | The chair has to come to rest at the bottom of the stairs and you need room to get on and off at both ends . |
13 | Particular genes can be switched on and off at particular times because the bottleneck/growth-cycle calendar ensures that there is such a thing as a particular time . |
14 | At home , people want to dim lights or to switch them on and off during long holidays . |
15 | In both methods the light source is either varied in intensity , as an analogue of the signal , or switched on and off in digital code . |
16 | ‘ Everything was on and off in those days . |
17 | He could switch it on and off like central heating . |
18 | ‘ We clergy , ’ said the Reverend Pat Tilley grandly , ‘ get called on and out at all sorts of odd times . |