Example sentences of "on and [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps she would simply lead him on and on into some dark chamber of doubt and fear . |
| 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 | I mean that because Deborah kept going on and on and on about this three hour thing did n't she ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They would go on and on at great speed . |
| 6 | Went on and on at this young lad who 'd spoken who thumped him he 'd apparently just one punch , I do n't know but but anyway all the charges have been dropped against this lad now so |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | Whittering on and on like that , you sound like a blooming Lefty ! |
| 9 | And it goes on and on like this until the voice is erm , I ca n't feel anything any more . |
| 10 | Jazzbeaux had been wearing them on and off for two days . |
| 11 | You can either run some contrast knit rows between each sample , or cast on and off for each one . |
| 12 | A 30 year old woman presented with asthma which she had on and off for 3 years . |
| 13 | But , apart from a winter break , whatever is planned around the 23rd relates to one specific plan or association which has been on and off for several months and is now back on again . |
| 14 | Recall that at the beginning of this piece I briefly discussed what the representational theory of the mind has got right : that thoughts are not simple responses , reactions or reverberations to environmental stimulation — contrasting this with the case of the thermostat which automatically switches on and off at pre-set temperatures . |
| 15 | This means that while you are out for the evening , anyone who may be watching the house will be unsure as to whether you are at home or not , because various lights will go on and off at different times . |
| 16 | You may start from any point and get on and off at any of the central moorings allowing you time to visit museums and shopping areas as you wish . |
| 17 | Well they are fit cos they get on and off at any of the stops they go along to the attraction that they want to do . |
| 18 | The chair has to come to rest at the bottom of the stairs and you need room to get on and off at both ends . |
| 19 | Particular genes can be switched on and off at particular times because the bottleneck/growth-cycle calendar ensures that there is such a thing as a particular time . |
| 20 | At home , people want to dim lights or to switch them on and off during long holidays . |
| 21 | Thus there developed what became to be known as the War of the Roses , which raged on and off from 1455 to 1485 . |
| 22 | In both methods the light source is either varied in intensity , as an analogue of the signal , or switched on and off in digital code . |
| 23 | ‘ Everything was on and off in those days . |
| 24 | The equipment can be switched on and off by two switches on the front of the unit , and a red light tells you the power is on . |
| 25 | He could switch it on and off like central heating . |
| 26 | Clearly there is some chicanery going on and perhaps in due course we will find out the truth . |
| 27 | ‘ We clergy , ’ said the Reverend Pat Tilley grandly , ‘ get called on and out at all sorts of odd times . |
| 28 | We tend to play at the point of the evening when the temperature drops , so I tune up just before Bryan goes on and then after three or four songs they 're all sharp , because the temperature has dropped . |
| 29 | If you remember , I 'd had trouble enough when I was fifty convincing people to take me on and now at fifty-nine or sixty there were hardly any employment opportunities left open to me . |