Example sentences of "and [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had kept on and on about those keys , although she had been deaf to his insistence ; he had come several miles to catch her at home and seize a chance to rifle her bag for them ; if there had been any purpose to the meeting at the Old Mitre it might have been to get the keys . |
| 2 | Sorry to go on and on about this backing up business , but it 's much better to do it than to end up losing information ( and I write as someone who has done just that in the past ; of course I 'm perfect now ) . |
| 3 | In fact there is little natural water hereabouts ; what there is usually disappears down cracks and fissures , tumbling down sunless waterfalls and on through subterranean channels to reappear some distance lower down in the valleys . |
| 4 | You dip down the drive from the Yoxford to Peasenhall road across an ornamental bridge and on towards this plain and golden Greek Revival house . |
| 5 | They would go on and on at great speed . |
| 6 | Others will continue across the Mediterranean , over the Sahara and on into southern Africa . |
| 7 | They went through it and on into another room where there was more daylight . |
| 8 | And friendship with Clan Diarmaid , that we 've been fighting off and on for five generations ! |
| 9 | The arrests gave Seth a record of at least nine drink driving incidents , leading the judge to order him into Alcoholics Anonymous and on to two years ' probation . |
| 10 | I climbed through the Megger Stones and on to Great Coum looking down Dentdale and Deepdale . |
| 11 | The fabulous museum tells the story of moving images beginning in 2000 BC with shadow puppets through the silent era and the golden age of Hollywood , and on to recent developments in television . |
| 12 | His passengers were all shaken and some were thrown from their seats and on to each other . ’ |
| 13 | E. Harwich has become a ferry port , or packet station , mainly for passengers to the Hook of Holland and on to northern Europe and West Germany . |
| 14 | Not only is there a great depth to the pressure for change , but it also exists on an enormously wide number of fronts — from the National Curriculum through assessment and on to open enrolment and the local management of schools and ( for some ) beyond that to grant maintained status or other ‘ exotics ’ . |
| 15 | That means that if they only take the score card then you 're in there fairly quickly do the advertising sales and come out and on to another site . |
| 16 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 17 | We have made mention in passing of mobility within the context of a family 's history : both the ups and down of social mobility according to circumstance , and the more obviously-apparent geographical moves people made to ensure their own survival or to better their lot . |
| 18 | Gloucester do n't believe in doing things the easy way … funny thing is they play better when they 're up against it … so this game was ideal … they were losing and down to fourteen men when Pete Jones was sent off mid way through the first half for stamping … |
| 19 | Behind , away from home and down to 14 men , Kelso ought to have been down and out , but Jeffrey rallied his men in typical fashion and the visiting pack dominated the first 25 minutes of the second half . |
| 20 | More favoured here was the use of promissory notes and bills of exchange in large volume and down to low denominations . |
| 21 | Are the doorways wide enough for a wheelchair , can you go easily from one room to another , is the floor level throughout the flat , or are there steps up and down to various rooms ? |
| 22 | Forward and down to either side , the maximum clear viewing area is available outlined with the cream of the 207 's primary colour . |
| 23 | out and down to another room . |
| 24 | The story is told of two top executives from different agencies who would wave to each other , one from his chauffeur driven Jaguar and the other from his Porsche , as they passed on the M4 when buzzing up and down to important clients . |
| 25 | The pound is up at one dollar , fifty-four and down at two marks , fifty-two . |
| 26 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty three and down at two marks , fifty . |
| 27 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty four and down at two marks , forty nine . |
| 28 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty-four and down at two marks , forty-eight |
| 29 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty-two cents and down at two marks , forty-five . |
| 30 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty three and down at two marks , forty two . |