Example sentences of "on [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm then it goes on about quite a bit of this Erm perception and decoding of the speech style er talking about er Martin and Giles . |
2 | IT really annoyed me to see leaders of the public service unions on TV going on about how a pay freeze would be unacceptable to their members . |
3 | She 's not Jewish but she erm was going on about how a lot of Channing people had started going and stuff and they 're all JPs basically . |
4 | Nevertheless , the negotiations between the three publishers jostling for position went on for over a year without reaching a conclusion : ‘ It was very difficult to find common ground and make sure that everyone had their fair share . ’ |
5 | I 've got ta try hand it on for over a year then I went to live again . |
6 | A major Cabinet dispute rumbled on for nearly a year . |
7 | He 'd had to walk on for quite a bit after that and it was quite late in the day when it occurred to him that the villagers had probably been just having a joke with him and that they would no doubt be feeling anxious by then and starting to worry . |
8 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
9 | This went on for quite a while before it spoke again . |
10 | Efforts to find a suitable site for the Vintage & Rotary Wing Collection , with workshops in Stoke-on-Trent , have been going on for quite a while , but the reaction has always been negative — we even had the comment that ‘ We do n't want an aircraft scrapyard here ! ’ |
11 | But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while . |
12 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
13 | But we kept this on for quite a number of years . |
14 | The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down . |
15 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
16 | The shelling went on for about an hour then almost complete silence descended on the area as I continued to stare to my front . |
17 | Leave on for about an hour , then shampoo thoroughly . |
18 | The fight went on for about an hour . |
19 | ‘ It went on for about an hour , and although we could n't see anything we could feel what was happening to them . |
20 | The good thing about it was , it was only on for about an hour . |
21 | It was not until the bombing had been going on for almost a week that the Iraqi foreign minister issued a protest . |
22 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
23 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
24 | But she knew at once why I had asked and went on with hardly a break for punctuation , ‘ Well , love , what 's with you ? |
25 | Crosby , battling on with only a one-year-contract and persistent speculation about his future , reckons the only way to silence the gossips is by climbing into the promotion frame . |
26 | ‘ Hang on in there a minute , my lovely . |
27 | Other symptoms were deemed to be present if they occurred on at least a quarter of the days or occasions , except that passage of mucus was taken as a symptom if it had ever occurred ( this being normal clinical practice ) . |