Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martha , whose head was as strong as her sister 's , sometimes climbed up as well , and , clinging on about a foot lower down , read aloud from a horror comic . |
| 2 | ‘ Go on about the pig now ! ’ said Maisie . |
| 3 | Well we went every day on about the mail so it was a passenger service that really started off in nineteen fifty five but we bought maybe in nineteen fifty three or fifty four . |
| 4 | He had stayed on during the war only because so many doctors had been away , engaged in service to the country . |
| 5 | Dramatic as imprinting is as a form of learning , it suffered from my point of view from the problem that for a bird to become imprinted requires exposing it to the stimulus , the flashing light or whatever , for a couple of hours ; memory builds up slowly over that time , and so the cellular changes that are going on during the period inevitably intermingle the effects of learning and of visual stimulation with those of memory formation . |
| 6 | Put that heater on then would you that one on for a while just before they come . |
| 7 | The reminders of the V-Force will live on for a while yet until the Victors are retired so perhaps we will see more of this not unimpressive aircraft in 1993 . |
| 8 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 9 | If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer . |
| 10 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 11 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 12 | ‘ The likes of her 'll go on for a bit yet , ’ said Jack . |
| 13 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 14 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 15 | Hang on for a second please . |
| 16 | Put it on low and leave it the night and day cos it was left on for a week once was n't it ? |
| 17 | ‘ We 're on for the night then ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ In the long-run I 'd like to be looked on as a composer rather than a stick player . |
| 19 | ‘ When you were a gunner — as I was — you signed on as a merchant deckhand because if your ship put into neutral port and you went ashore as a gunner , you could be interned . |
| 20 | And manager Joe Kinnear last night reported that John Fashanu was in agony after pulling his hamstring again after coming on as a substitute even though he was ‘ only about 10 per cent fit . ’ |
| 21 | Right boys , come on out the way now . |
| 22 | Then he hesitated because he had left it too late and he was concerned that Tom would walk in through the door again at any minute . |
| 23 | Oh we 'll get in through the window then , that 'll be a laugh . |
| 24 | The following techniques are outlawed under s3 : restricting the right to bid to more than one article ; goods being knocked down for a price less than the highest bid ; or where there are " free " gifts . |
| 25 | He walks up and down for a while outside , unable to settle to the prospect of going to bed . |
| 26 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 27 | I put the receiver down for a moment so that I could take two hands to the strawboard . |
| 28 | Went down for a walk today did n't we ? |
| 29 | He would come down for the weekend before and see to the final arrangements , of various things . |
| 30 | Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning . |