Example sentences of "on and [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thursday : More ‘ set discussions ’ ; I 'm dragging a chair on and off for each sketch : ‘ Re:Pickfords ’ , I mentally mutter . |
| 2 | ‘ Having studied these on and off for some days , what is your opinion ? ’ |
| 3 | These devices can be set by you to switch lights on and off for determined periods while you are away from home . |
| 4 | We were lovers on and off for three years . |
| 5 | She lived here on and off for three years . |
| 6 | What was attractive about the American consortium approach — and I must emphasise that it was never a take-over bid , Sikorsky 's stake is only eight per cent — was firstly , we had worked with Sikorsky on and off for forty years . |