Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God alone knew what the traffic would be like on the freeway , through the mean streets of Edgware , down to the inferno that was the A406 , on through gloomy Tolworth and Chessington , out to the no-man's-land that was Leatherhead . |
| 2 | It looks like you know what you 're talking about , does n't mean you do but i I mean if you use th if you if you start going on about that thing that there is er when some what on earth ? |
| 3 | He went on about various things but I only half heard him . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Willy rambled on about Norman archways and perpendicular naves , as if glad to have some arcane topic to take his mind off the inquest . |
| 6 | What is it going on about liquid gold and gold ? |
| 7 | but erm he was on about certain aspects that he picked up from her , but having been in gypsy caravans round here , as when they were on Line Brook you see we were always at Line Brook for one reason or another |
| 8 | Er not Jenny , Josie was on about this morning that er Jenny had ? |
| 9 | On about this flat that George , helping him to get the thing for |
| 10 | Oh , I know I 'm always on about some alternative or other . |
| 11 | , I do n't think you 've got anything to worry about , have you seen that advert for Babycham no erm the advert with Babycham , erm , er running on about true romantics and he goes through all the differences his and this woman marrying this guy and she must be and she must be fifty five , and he 's about twenty three , twenty four and Rob turns round the other day and said , she 's got |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | the local communities have been ignored in these issues and these discussions that are going on between British Coal and the County Council . |
| 14 | Leek out , had this heart trouble , and he 'd been in the Signals about oh ten year , he , he was on for twelve engagement and he nearly completed it when he had this heart trouble . |
| 15 | In the illustration the trial phase is turned on for fixed times and the rate of current rise , and corresponding rotor position , is deduced from the current level attained at the end of the trial . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Women 's work in sweated trades ( defined with some difficulty by a Select Committee on the subject in 1890 as work carried on for inadequate wages and for excessive hours in insanitary conditions ) , was also opposed because of the threat it posed to motherhood and the rearing of an imperial race . |
| 18 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 19 | Apply to face and neck , leave on for 10–15 minutes and rinse off with cool water . |
| 20 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 21 | ‘ There 's no reason why I ca n't go on for 200 goals and I do n't agree with the argument that you should retire at the top . |
| 22 | This can go on for two hours or more , until all the eggs have been laid . |
| 23 | Hunt goes on for two climbers after body is found |
| 24 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |
| 25 | He carried on for two days but finally , in excruciating pain , had to go to hospital when a splint was put on his damaged limb . |
| 26 | I put the central heating on for one hour before the kids go to bed and one hour before they get up . |
| 27 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 28 | The battles went on for four days that August and at least thirty-four people were killed . |
| 29 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 30 | With construction costs for purpose-built vessels so high , the hunt was on for production-type boats that would keep within reasonable limits of the budget . |