Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] and [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , the European project goes on and for many of the newer generations in this place , it 's not longer an article of faith er but a part of the political landscape that has to be dealt with on merit and it 's all the more ludicrous therefore Mr Deputy Speaker , that the Conservatives ' internal divisions over Maastricht have led to a situation where candidates for the ever more important European elections are only now being selected in certain seats , just fourteen weeks before the election . |
| 2 | But that 's how it goes on and off , it clicks on and off all the time . |
| 3 | It 's called the Shakespeare School of English and has a neon Union Jack outside which flashes on and off all the time . |
| 4 | That 's like Davey too he keeps on and on all night ! |
| 5 | he was like this , then the drying up she goes out and like that . . |
| 6 | April/May they were in , taking rock samples out and at that time we did n't even think they were looking for gold … |
| 7 | The naked skin of its trunk reveals every wrinkle and crease as it moves about and to many eyes this makes it the ugliest cat in existence . |
| 8 | A modified service operates on and around most Bank Holidays . |
| 9 | It extends up and over all but the highest mountains , between whose feet all main roads and railroads must thread their way . |
| 10 | Such a service is unique in the way in which it works through and with other partners , in both the voluntary and statutory sectors . |
| 11 | It slinks greyly among the marram grass ; it slides over and under barbed wire ; it makes an eagle lose direction and settles a dank wetness on his feathers ; it softens the landscape into obscurity , it hides the familiar cliffs , it turns sheep into monsters and highland cattle into roaring mountains which lurch up towards an eagle out of the clinging mist . |