Example sentences of "on and [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | on and on and on and on and on as a border , now she thinks that 's about the washing machine ad you know the Ariston washing ad , on and on . |
| 2 | One of the direct results of science and technology has been an increase in production , and a ‘ spin-off ’ or yield of such things as anaesthetics , principles of bacteriology and immunology and hygiene , better control of health and illness , the provision of machines to do what women and children were earlier forced to do , cheaper paper , vast presses to permit the masses to read , followed by other mass media , much better conditions in homes and factories and cities — and on and on in a never-ending list . |
| 3 | Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way . |
| 4 | ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year . |
| 5 | This unregulated d.c. now passes through an electronic switch S which turns on and off at a relatively high frequency ; this might well lie within the range 15kHz to 100kHz , sometimes more . |
| 6 | If these levels are not well-separated the transistor T2 switches on and off at a very high frequency , causing interference with adjacent equipment and additional iron losses it , the motor . |
| 7 | After studying accountancy at Chicago University , he worked on and off as an investment analyst . |
| 8 | Bare coloured bulbs flashed on and off around a come-on sign . |
| 9 | I suspect all doctors must learn how to turn charm on and off like a tap . |
| 10 | He gives a performance by combining his mannerisms , including a smile turned tentatively on and off like a light bulb and the stooped strut of an over-age Holden Caulfield . |
| 11 | ‘ He 'll entertain a whole load of people watching while we 're out on location but he can turn it on and off like a light — the cameras roll and he 's totally into Grant Mitchell . |
| 12 | I 've been smoking on and off like a chimney |
| 13 | The charm he switches on and off like an electric fire . |