Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this garden Coleridge could either walk on through Poole 's orchard and a ‘ fine meadow ’ to the home of his new friends , John and Anna Cruikshank , or he could negotiate Poole 's tanyard and its ‘ Tartarean tan-pits ’ to reach the Castle Street house itself . |
| 2 | He touched the black enamelled visor of his helmet in answer to the salute of the red-coated sentry who stood outside an expensive front door , then cantered on through Brussels ' fashionable streets until he reached a large house on the rue de la Blanchisserie . |
| 3 | So , I do get a bit ac , I mean , th there 's , there 's one young girl in the class and , we were on about women 's role in society and going on about third world woman , but even western woman have their position , you know , she does the housework |
| 4 | Pollitt thundered on about Italy 's invasion of Abyssinia which he and his party roundly condemned . |
| 5 | I talked too much to the other girls over coffee , I went on and on about Eliot 's Chinese jar moving perpetually in its stillness , how ironic , and you could hear them wishing I 'd stop and somehow I could n't . |
| 6 | He can waffle on about OPEC ad infinitum , and most clients wo n't know what the hell he 's talking about , but they 'll pretend to agree with him and will buy on the strength of what he says . |
| 7 | Whooshing on about David 's beauty and elegance on the top layer , she carves her and her disciples up a treat underneath . |
| 8 | he 's on about dog 's leg being bad and Bill 's had a look see if he 's dented car cos he 'd just |
| 9 | Mr Healey here went on about Labour 's success in the Euro-elections ; I said it was just mid-term and all that ; and he said , With respect , no . |
| 10 | I did not need to go on about Jean-Claude 's obstinacy , foolishness and arrogance . |
| 11 | Everyone goes on about Cher 's dresses , showing her navel . |
| 12 | Hunt on for Mersey 's top businesswoman |
| 13 | Takes more than a little snow ( like four feet of it in the suburbs ) to slow down the charging bull of Oracle Corp , and the company yesterday said that ‘ Through Rain , Sleet or the Coldest Arctic Snow in Century , the show will go on for Oracle 's Product Announcement of Cooperative Development Environment in New York City today ! ’ adding that ‘ If you are stuck on the sunny west coast attending UniForum , please join us for the delayed CDE announcement and demonstration . ’ |
| 14 | Right , erm so we 'll er just start with a quick erm er look round what people have decided on for investment er in individual cases . |
| 15 | The search is on for Darlington 's young sports winner for 1992 . |
| 16 | We 'll probably have something on for Mother 's day . |
| 17 | The battle for him though has been going on for years ai n't it Gordon ? |
| 18 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 19 | QPR 's right back Bardsley came on for Arsenal 's Lee Dixon at the start of the second half , but lasted only 19 minutes before limping off . |
| 20 | Sir Wyn Roberts hangs on as Britain 's longest-serving minister of state because he is the only Tory MP who writes poetry in Welsh . |
| 21 | Fearing pre-election jitters would make things worse for French collectors this year , organisers Daniel Gervis and Florence Benhaim also changed the dates of the Salon to put it on after France 's two-round General Election on 21 and 28 March . |
| 22 | Throw their young lives away in a stupid , ill-considered and bloody botch of an idea to come in through Europe 's back door . |
| 23 | Because Boo is locked away , it makes his character very mysterious and at first it 's hard to know if the rumours spread around about Boo only coming out at night to hunt for his dinner , eating squirrels and peering in through people 's windows are true , but gradually as we read more into the book , we are given clues to suggest that he is not the monster , people make him out to be . |
| 24 | That time , I came in through Queen 's Square , walked down the lane to the union and out towards the hospital . |
| 25 | The food to feed this hungry nation has been coming in through Mogadishu 's port . |
| 26 | Derek Andrews should be sampling but G. stands in during Andrews ' holidays . |
| 27 | WELL and truly ramped , the Tokyo stockmarket is about to shut down for Japan 's annual Golden Week holiday . |
| 28 | Yeah , that 's it , double cooker actually , gon na try , get some flooring down for Colin 's mum , just gon na put some cheap lino down for now |
| 29 | well she came down for Keith 's sake , she came down to Bournemouth for holidays and erm like it so much she brought the company . |
| 30 | She began to wriggle down off Contralto 's back . |