Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By unspoken consent they worked on through their lunchbreak . |
| 2 | This covers a remarkably wide field starting at the installation , calibration and purely functional end of flight recorders and leading on through their recovery from the wreckage and the techniques of repairing and reading damaged recordings to the ultimate interpretation of the spoken words and environmental noises in the cockpit and the determination of the aerodynamic implications of recorded data . |
| 3 | In the way by which he was brought up by hand and also how his hands are burnt and so scarred by the fire in which he tries to save Miss Havisham , perhaps showing physically the mental scars he has taken on through his treatment of others , especially Joe . |
| 4 | ‘ In total , he received around £12,000 of cigarettes and spirit which he had given away to business colleagues or sold on through his business , ’ said Roger Dutton , prosecuting . |
| 5 | ‘ In total he received around £12,000 of cigarettes and spirits which he had given away to business colleagues or sold on through his business , ’ said Roger Dutton , prosecuting . |
| 6 | Sue was on about her daughter living with that bloke like , I do n't know if it was the same bloke , I just du n no , yes it is , yes it is , it 's got ta be the one , when she broke her shoulder , it 's got ta be , anyway he got no job and Sarah got this good job apparently wherever it is , I ca n't remember where it was |
| 7 | Isabella Bird , the fragile Victorian traveller , twitters on about her angst and ailments . |
| 8 | ‘ O Lord ! ’ she said , speaking extra loud to drown out Tracy mumbling on about her womb . |
| 9 | ‘ She would keep banging on about her son . |
| 10 | But the Guider and all the Pack learned later on about her meeting with the stranger on the seat , because at the next Pack Meeting the Guider read out a letter from Mr. Bishop , the estate agent , which said the Earl of Ferngrove had given special instructions that the Brownie Guide Pack could continue to use the Park whenever they wished , as he was quite satisfied , thanks to a chat he 'd had with one of them , that they were very careful not to leave litter about in the Park . |
| 11 | The wife poses against the bright red carpet and lime green sofa which she 's chosen and goes on about her husband 's appalling colour sense . |
| 12 | Living in the moment , she drank her milk and began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist . |
| 13 | But she never let on about her boyfriend 's criminal past . |
| 14 | But , because Carol Seymour-Jones bangs on about her unamiability , there is little sense of Webb 's achievements or self-know-ledge in her book . |
| 15 | Actually , one bloke … he goes on and on about what life 's for . |
| 16 | But what their reaction shows is just how little awareness there was among Britain 's film executives of cinema 's artistic potential , and how little discussion had gone on about what sort of cinema British producers should develop . |
| 17 | To people who went on about their likeness the girl was assiduous in pointing out that every feature when compared was different , but they were recognisable instantly as mother and daughter , as the woman in the shop said , they were from the same mould . |
| 18 | Tarantino also has a bet on about his interpretation of Madonna 's ‘ Like A Virgin ’ . |
| 19 | He goes on about his experience of life and how he knows more about it . |
| 20 | He was always on about his daughter , you know . |
| 21 | ‘ He goes on about his daughter rather a lot . ’ |
| 22 | But then people go on about his past , the drug dealing and that . |
| 23 | But Sir Bernard was outraged ; and since , throughout this account , he goes on about his rectitude and his impartiality as a civil servant , it is worth quoting him on what happened to journalists who fell out with him . |
| 24 | Williams would always like talking about Orton , although he would publicly protest for years that it was so boring to keep going on about his relationship with the writer . |
| 25 | McGowan was running on about his gun collection . |
| 26 | He liked to think of Beamish in the dock at the Central Court , his counsel blustering on about his client 's perfectly normal , acceptable need for heavy metal poisons ( ‘ But how do you explain , Mr Beamish , your ordering a quantity of thallium from a perfectly reputable chemist 's … ? ’ ) |
| 27 | He went on and on about his mother . |
| 28 | Going on about his birthday as if it was the Second Coming . ’ |
| 29 | You mentioned earlier on about your attitude towards the erm minerals and mining |
| 30 | GO ON ABOUT YOUR PARTY . |