Example sentences of "on [conj] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We also have the latest in up-to-date technology — the TV set in the corner , which has a twin BBC-ITV facility , and , of course , a number of lights that can be turned on or off at the flick of a switch . |
| 2 | Unfortunately as the blocks reached the wall at either side they could not ride on or off at the ends . |
| 3 | The station and train staff are always very courteous and helpful ; quite often the guard takes the trouble to help me on or off with the bike ; and station staff are good at guessing in advance what part of the train will take the bike , hence where to stand on the platform . |
| 4 | Does it really matter , they ask , whether they are switched on or off by the idea of selling goods in a shop ? |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | The newspaper are going on and on and on about the problems that people have road and road . |
| 7 | They go on and on about the nails . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Well , this went on and on until the pile of things Morag and Granny had cleared out of the cupboards was nearly all gone . |
| 12 | After that , it was straight on and up to the hill pass . |
| 13 | ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year . |
| 14 | Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way . |
| 15 | It was 10.23 according to the Holiday Inn 's radio alarm clock , which flashed on and off on the bedside panel , redly . |
| 16 | After studying accountancy at Chicago University , he worked on and off as an investment analyst . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've seen him on and off over the years . ’ |
| 18 | Bare coloured bulbs flashed on and off around a come-on sign . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Cell proliferation is constantly being turned on and off in the target organs . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I suspect all doctors must learn how to turn charm on and off like a tap . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | I 've been smoking on and off like a chimney |