Example sentences of "[vb -s] [v-ing] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A way of starting in shallow water that involves stepping on to the board with the rig already in the sailing position . |
| 2 | Therefore , if a reviewer starts going on about something other than the game s/he is obviously telling you that the game has not really got anything different in terms of game play to offer . |
| 3 | ‘ Like a 32-year-old , ’ adds Derry , ‘ one of your mum 's old mates who always used to come round your house when you were young and you always fancied her and she starts coming on to you later — ‘ Oh year ! |
| 4 | If a man starts droning on about whether I 'm sisterly enough or not , I start talking about my hopes of marrying a rich , masterful husband and learning to cook Baked Alaska . |
| 5 | Grey breath in the air , snowmen on the heath , pub bores droning on about how typical it is that a few inches of snow throws the whole country into chaos when the Swiss handle metres of the stuff without missing a beat . |
| 6 | Why not begin the day with SIR JAMES ANDERTON — MY WAY , and see if he starts wanking on about cesspools again ? |
| 7 | Such a class of behaviours includes going on to another task of a kind similar to that assigned by the teacher at one level and exploratory behaviour at a ‘ higher ’ level . |
| 8 | but I do n't think Telecom 's up to dating things , Telecom keeps rabbitting on about how clever they are at doing this |
| 9 | JOHN Major keeps banging on about open government . |
| 10 | ‘ He keeps going on about ‘ grey cells ’ . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He keeps going on about the murder . ’ |
| 12 | Oh , dad keeps going on about it , I 'll say that ! |
| 13 | Everyone keeps going on about the Animal Farm |
| 14 | Everyone else keeps going on about it , and all like , oh , I ca n't go home , cos there 's not enough |
| 15 | I went , is this this well hard bloke from Brixton , cos Ryan keeps going on about it , like we I said , is he do , I said , oh , we went to Oxford Street today , and he went , is that anywhere near Brixton ? |
| 16 | I do n't thing anybody will be if he keeps going on like that . |
| 17 | What do you think dear , cos this child keeps moping on about bread |
| 18 | So that really means going on to the Labour resolutions and the Liberal resolutions |
| 19 | For increasing numbers of pupils this means staying on at school and improving their examination results . |
| 20 | Seeing in black life nothing more than an answer to racism means moving on to the ideological circuit which makes us visible in two complementary roles — the problem and the victim . |
| 21 | I am less sure about the Andantino grazioso , which could be more relaxed than here ; it 's as if the performers are anxious that this longish ( and to be honest , maybe too long ) movement should not outstay its welcome , and even here it lasts getting on for three minutes longer than either of the others . |