Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caspar took no notice of him and carried on through the wood towards the field . |
| 2 | It is carried on through the medium of lullabies . |
| 3 | This continuity is now being carried on through the firm of Baker Bros . |
| 4 | She saw them in the sky , just a small group of them , but they brought death , she knew that , as they flew steadily on through the calm of the summer morning . |
| 5 | At Newlands , the way in which Australia compensated judiciously , changing the plays , ploughing on through the mud with high kicks , by forcing the lineout , by their discipline and tactics around the fringes , was an object lesson . |
| 6 | She walked on through the rain without stopping , and the young police officers walked beside her . |
| 7 | The hard core of helpers worked on through the week of almost continuous sunshine and good fortune , and were supported by the essential ‘ reliefs ’ who came whenever they could to sell and to carry . |
| 8 | They were stopped at a sentry post to have passes checked and moved on through the wool of the fog , traffic sounds muted , an anguished cry from the Thames as a ship sounded its foghorn on the way down to the sea . |
| 9 | When there were no sounds of activity she heaved a great sigh of relief and carried on through the living-room towards the front door . |
| 10 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 11 | They jogged on through the crowd of frightened people leaving the area , while the wizard took great mouthfuls of cool dawn air . |
| 12 | An advertising campaign that went on about the law of averages did n't seem to help when much of the press criticism rounded on the Escort as exactly a car for Mr Average . |
| 13 | I could however moan on about the likelihood of anyone ever wanting to listen to this collection straight through at one sitting , or that Miss Battle could have done rather more in the way of characterising each aria ( and her diction is also hardly crystal clear ) . |
| 14 | That 's right yeah , for a little bit , I was on about the reference to er Embassy Service though |
| 15 | Always going on about the Fate of the Graduate Wife and how she 's fed up being a cabbage — well as far as I 'm concerned I can not see the call for langwidge . |
| 16 | Now erm how have we got er I 've next thing on the handout is something I 've stuck on about the way in which erm er well it 's what I 've just covered about the the way in which some sorts of therapies for people who 've been abused as children tend to embody rather heterosexist assumptions which has been stated by Jenny Kissinger for example . |
| 17 | she says , I 'm on about the lady with the dark hair |
| 18 | They just put the bit on about the hall after . |
| 19 | I heard them in the kitchen once , Mrs Donaldson and old Todd , going on about the sort of kid I was . |
| 20 | He 's been going on about the dignity of labour . ’ |
| 21 | No need to go on about the band in this preamble . |
| 22 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 23 | They bubbled with enthusiasm , all talking at the same time while raving on about the beauty of the bush walk . |
| 24 | Angela got up my nose as usual on this point over lunch , banging on about the importance of seeing that Ministers were properly informed and by the right people . |
| 25 | Students of linguistics are taught early on about the importance of binary oppositions like this one , and are encouraged to look for two-term contrasts , x and not-x , in the linguistic data they analyse . |
| 26 | Corporate luminaries cackle on about the importance of quality , yet all too often use this management-babble as a substitute for effective leadership . |
| 27 | The second paragraph goes on about the report to council Environmental Services Committee by the District Chief . |
| 28 | Boswell rattled on about the prospect of other travels with Johnson , perhaps to Sweden , where , hoped Boswell , they would see the King . |
| 29 | At a national level , there is a debate going on about the need for generic units to underpin those qualifications which are highly occupationally-specific so that , for example , skills in areas such as literacy , numeracy and communication can be promoted . |
| 30 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it is appalling that the Opposition whinge on about the failure of this country to export , when we know that what we need from both sides of the House is unanimity to help exporters and not complaints about them ? |