Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you carry on through New Polzeath , Polzeath and Trebetherick the path emerges at Daymer Bay . |
| 2 | They 're waterproof , too , and stay on through vigorous activity . |
| 3 | The extra costs of £9.60 a year per household are thought likely to be passed on through local taxation . |
| 4 | In Southall bussing and reception classes go on through secondary school . |
| 5 | Then you ring Dial-A-Ticket ( 0532–710710 ) which is generally engaged , so you re-dial at frequent intervals till you get through to a recorded ticket office girl blotering on about similar information . |
| 6 | I should have something to say later on about future care by Mr . |
| 7 | She was on about general conversation , you should have it on the whole time . |
| 8 | It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers , but the plain fact of the matter was that the disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists ' houses and smashing their windows . |
| 9 | What is it going on about liquid gold and gold ? |
| 10 | Erm and erm I do n't think that on the to go on about affordable housing as I did this morning , I do n't think that in fact the affordable housing targets which the different authorities have and although I 've only quoted four authorities I think , I think the other ones will be very much the same . |
| 11 | Old Angie took everything seriously , always going on about mortal sin , and I got sodding tired of it , and of her , tell the truth . |
| 12 | Erm that um anyway er that 's a slight aside so erm when you hear people going on about false memory syndrome it tends to pre-suppose that there are certain memories which are true by contrast um which is n't necessarily always going to be the case . |
| 13 | Medical sociology has long since given up looking at process — it 's too busy experiencing illness and waffling on about doctor-patient interaction . |
| 14 | JOHN Major keeps banging on about open government . |
| 15 | the local communities have been ignored in these issues and these discussions that are going on between British Coal and the County Council . |
| 16 | If this sort of technology was introduced into commercial-sized refrigeration plants , they could be turned off during peak times and then switched back on during low demand periods , saving money for the companies that own them and using less energy . |
| 17 | Do you have it on during Blind Date . |
| 18 | Cut the fingers off an odd glove and stick pater shapes on for instant finger puppets . |
| 19 | Now the hunt must be on for tryp-killing drug molecules which will actually penetrate into the choroid epithelium . |
| 20 | Wyllie came under closer scrutiny by the NZRFU for a variety of reasons — his unwillingness to have John Hart as an influential coaching partner , his inability to keep to selection announcement timetables and then his rather desperate efforts to have Mike Brewer , the one on-field forward whom Wyllie could rely on for solid advice , put into the team even while suffering a painful foot injury . |
| 21 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 22 | The traveller who rides on a local bus can learn a lot : in the mountains of Greece everyone clings on for dear life and makes the sign of the cross at every bend in the road ; in the Thar Desert , Rajasthan , a sense of humour is essential , especially when the giggling driver moves the sheltering bus to reveal squatting passengers answering the call of nature , and in South America it helps if you do n't mind sitting next to a chicken or sharing the floor with a goat . |
| 23 | Then she turned her attention to the tabby cat still spreadeagled on the back of the broom with its eyes screwed tightly shut and its claws gripping on for dear life . |
| 24 | Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show . |
| 25 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
| 26 | It was in this way that Maurice , with the two of them clinging on for dear life , put out on the tide . |
| 27 | He insisted on trying to go it alone and lurched against the bannister where he hung on for dear life . |
| 28 | She was holding on for dear life , leaning into him , lifting on tiptoe so that he could gather her close , hold her tightly in his arms , while his tongue slipped into her mouth , while his hand swept up her ribs and lightly cupped her breast … |
| 29 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 30 | on for dear life |