Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Government has seriously miscalculated the effect of privatisation on through rail fares and the national timetable , according to a report produced by ‘ Platform ’ an 80-member organisation set up to represent users ' needs .
2 They could have easily taken the lead early on through newboy Gareth Abrahams .
3 Cos they 're always on about credit allowances and this that and therefore
4 There is a general section in the middle which probably goes into all such official club magazines — it craps on about Man U and Gazza a lot .
5 A lot of training goes on about assertiveness training and maybe the word has got around assertiveness is good and everything else is n't so good .
6 We witter on about quality initiatives and produce myriads of little forms to show just how quality-driven we are .
7 Erm , we do work together , where we share a common agenda , and we find that we share common policy positions , and there are a lot discussions that go on about policy questions between environmental N G Os , erm , and also like any N G O that 's pressed for time and money , we work together where actually it can be justified by the results .
8 He has also had to counter allegations that he is dragging television down-market then listen to television pundits witter on about skirt lengths , sexual chemistry and the F-factor , under the guise of highbrow criticism .
9 This figure is in agreemen t with other informati on about housewor k hours gathered by other researche rs : Table 5.4 contains a comparis on of results from a range of different studies .
10 He scarcely heard her soft voice going on about paraffin heaters and electrical wall fans .
11 Paul has heard John and his friends going on about concentration camps for people with HIV .
12 Angry punters demonstrated on the course after the first race , while negotiations went on between track officials and the Tote workers .
13 The ASB is expected to issue an FRS on off balance sheet finance that will provide further guidance on transactions of this type .
14 They will be incorporated into an exposure draft on off balance sheet finance , which the ASB plans to issue in the near future .
15 Breakfast television , and the expanding number of computer screens switched on during working hours , could make work difficult for Mainsborne .
16 Keep an eye on your local press for details , or phone the Events Unit on during working hours , Monday to Friday , for further information .
17 If you have any queries regarding this PEP offer simply call the PEP Helpline free of charge on during office hours .
18 Two of the switches , No.1 and No. 2 will always have a light on during pattern knitting and , for each , there are two options , the left or right light .
19 The processes underlying habituation training will presumably go on during distinctiveness training and thus , if we accept the interpretation of habituation discussed in Chapter 2 , we must also accept the possibility that stimulus differentiation plays a part in acquired distinctiveness .
20 Sooner or later it seems everything becomes collectable ; old telephone boxes , ancient park benches , and now the hunt is on for lamp posts , from all over the world , as Richard Hudson-Evans reports .
21 Meredith-Lee was a bit of a lefty — the sort of chap who would be all on for worker participation and that kind of rot .
22 Cruising round Beachy Head & Lighthouse to visit Eastbourne £9 ( concs & under 16 's £4.50 off ) or stay on for afternoon cruise ‘ round Royal Sovereign ’ £13.95 ( cons & and under 16 's £6.95 off ) . .
23 The , they used to put a conductor on for peak time and then about nine o'clock the rear door was closed and the driver took over issuing tickets , taking money and then perhaps the conductor would come on from about twelve or two and then again , perhaps from half past four till half past six .
24 Anyway back to main point , so up to retirement quite straightforward , no problem at all and this is why he could have gone on for donkey years without a return of income , his salary goes up of course , it 's picked up in the tax tables , his personal allowances do n't change so they could swan along there for so many years without even looking at his affairs , but then see what happens in the very next tax year , when he has n't had a return and may not get a return for a couple of years .
25 Meanwhile NeXT Computer Inc chief Steve Jobs looks to still have a real hate on for Sun Microsystems Inc .
26 Wearing the Lord of the Isles tartan , he used a crook to support the knee recently operated on for cartilage damage .
27 Their only hope was a university scholarship or exhibition and , though a small number of refugees did find their way into university by this route , it was more common for those who wanted to continue their studies to attend evening classes or sign on for correspondence courses .
28 But we do take some of them on for work experience — we have to remember that we 'll always need a pool of new photographers to choose from . ’
29 These are extreme cases , but competition for business clients between travel companies is keen and the services laid on for business travellers are considerable and proclaimed through high pressure marketing .
30 The Pools had closed down and Eileen and Joe were unemployed but Littlewood 's had made arrangements for their staff to sign on for unemployment pay at the Edge Lane office .
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