Example sentences of "on [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We wandered past the Delhi Gate and on through the crumbling streets of Old Delhi ; as we went , Pakeezah stared sadly around her . |
| 2 | Patronage did not die out with industrialization ; it lived on through the honorific offices of county clubs and national bodies . |
| 3 | The first lecture I gave I was going on about the different approaches to psychology . |
| 4 | ‘ I was going on about the relative merits of casseroling and roasting . |
| 5 | She 's already provided the couple with a tape of tribal fertility dances to ‘ release endorphins in the pelvic region ’ and before long she 's going on about the healing properties of dolphins . |
| 6 | We want to give the children positive memories which they can draw on during the difficult times at home to build a better country . |
| 7 | And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin . |
| 8 | The rotary input gain control can be set to the optimum level so that the overload light flashes momentarily on for the loudest peaks of signal . |
| 9 | On a clear summer 's day there is no finer sea passage than the one along the eastern edge of the Minch , taking in all the sheer rugged beauty of the western highlands , then into the narrows of Raasay and Khylrea , the Sound of Sleat , on past the magical islands of Skye , Eigg Rhum and finally through the lovely Sound of Mull to the safe harbour of Oban . |
| 10 | Just beyond the church is a track which leads back out of the bay and on towards the soaring cliffs of Fair Head . |
| 11 | Much of the work of the Department , of course , goes on outwith the physical confines of these rooms . |
| 12 | The last year has taught me how little I really knew about what goes on behind the wrought-iron gates of Buckingham Palace and the red brick walls of Kensington Palace . |
| 13 | Few there be , are there few that be saved , well what does the bible say about this , first of all it teaches abundantly clearly that all may be saved , God is not partial , God has no favourites , he does n't love you more than he loves any body else , he does n't love me more than he loves you or you more than me , he does n't love you more than he loves ah any other racial group or any other ethnic group , he loves us all the same God so loved the world that he gave his only son Jesus Christ , here in his love , not that we love God says the apostle but that he loved us , the old testament profit reminds us that he has loved us with an ever lasting love , who , this was one of the hang ups that the Jewish nation had , they thought that they were the cats whiskers , he chose them , but he in fact did n't love them any more than he loved the , the hitites , the parasites , the gergasites and all the other ites , he loved them all the same , God is not partial in his love because he is love , if there was any body that God did not love he would actually cease to be God because love is not something that , that God does , you and I do it no matter how loving you are , or how loving you think you are , you are not love , you choose to love somebody and you love them , there are times when that love goes very thin sometimes , perhaps because of events that have happened , it can actually come to an end where that love dies , you withdraw your love God ca n't do that , God loves us as we 've said with an eternal love , a love that will go on throughout the endless ages of eternity |
| 14 | I would have been satisfied in any event that all interested parties must have anticipated that the operation of a commercial port would not be limited to the day time , but would carry on throughout the 24 hours of every day . |
| 15 | It lingers on into the first moments of his wakefulness , leaving him unsure what world he 's really in . |
| 16 | By midnight it 's really rocking and on into the early hours of the morning we adjourn to one of the best discos in Faliraki , Set Disco , where 18–30 Social members can get special discounts . |
| 17 | And here she 's telling Ruth , now what you 've got ta do , she 's she 's got him , she 's got her introduced to Boaz and she tells him it 's a strange custom , one that 's perhaps even stranger in our eyes today but there er after the party , the great harvest supper she 's , the the they lie down in the barn together , they all just , they 're tired it 's , it 's , the party 's gone on into the wee hours of the morning , and there they just , they do n't bother going home , they lie down there in the barn together all of them and she says to Ruth what you must do according to the custom is , you go and you lie at the feet of Boaz and wait , just wait , and wait for him to respond to you . |
| 18 | There was a continuity then in Unionist attitudes to the war , going on into the post-war years in demands for a harsh treatment of Germany after defeat . |
| 19 | This leaves us , the goldpanners , to get on with the actual preparations of the championship . |
| 20 | He could not get on with the believing Jews from Eastern Europe whose religion and traditions he neither shared nor understood . |
| 21 | Ignore personal attacks and criticism by thanking the opposition for their feedback and then moving on with the positive aspects of your case . |
| 22 | Uncle Titch just shrugged and got on with the important things in life . |
| 23 | Strong muscles will also help the mother to get on with the day-to-day chores of postnatal care , such as carrying the baby and its accessories . |
| 24 | My brother and I were able to attend these from a very early age , and take part in them , though they would sometimes go on until the early hours of the morning . |
| 25 | At least for representing ideas , it is necessary to move on from the classical models to the semantic models because the required emphasis is on capability , expressiveness and abstraction . |
| 26 | Learn to see what follows on from the main ideas as a kind of proof . |
| 27 | ‘ Itsi ’ won his cap eighteen years ago , coming on in the dying seconds of an 8–1 victory over Hong Kong . |
| 28 | The loss of Acre in 1291 had a symbolic significance for all the nobilities of western Europe , but a sense of unfulfilled obligation still lingered on in the testamentary dispositions of Gascon nobles . |
| 29 | Who knew what strange rites went on in the savage mountains beyond Tirana , what musical instruments they played , where mad King Zog had ruled . |
| 30 | The house was hot when they got back into it and they walked around with nothing on in the dark rooms with windows and doors open . |