Example sentences of "it on and [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ cure ’ to all pullers , we are frequently told , is to let the horse gallop , and when it is tired to push it on and on and on ! |
| 2 | She wanted to do that with him , yes , actually that ; she thought about it on and on and waited all week for the moment that might or might not come on Sunday morning in church when , as her cousins went first down the aisle , Tristram glanced in her direction and their eyes met and she was able to send a thought message which said to him , yes , I have n't forgotten . |
| 3 | I started it cos I started teasing her cos she 's big chested for her age , right , she 's gon na follow my sister cos my sister 's got big boobs and I started , but of course he just carries it on and on and on now . |
| 4 | Tolkien never finished the Kay of Leithian , though he worked at it on and off far seven years , composing at least two versions of the poem in more than four thousand lines of octosyllabic couplets . |
| 5 | He could switch it on and off like central heating . |
| 6 | But I had a problem getting it on and off ; the clasp seemed to settle between my shoulders where I could n't reach . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Well , I was interested , which wo n't surprise you , and tried it on and off , mostly off , for the moments of stress over the momentously stressful years . |
| 9 | The French king , his elbows resting on the arms of the throne , kept playing with the ring , taking it on and off , twirling it around , whilst throwing heavy-lidded glances and the soupcon of a smirk at Benjamin and myself . |
| 10 | This stopcock may need a special key to turn it on and off . |
| 11 | If you are using the : COM.0 device , everything is sent to the printer and you do n't need to turn it on and off . |
| 12 | You get Ann , senile dementia , they had to get the taps off the gas fire because she kept turning it on and off without it being lit again , found wandering in her nightclothes , injustice , and then we found Eileen , who was in an upstairs room , yes she enjoyed that life for about five years , great council house then she had an accident and then because she could n't re-house her , she was a virtual prisoner inside her own home that she 'd made up . |
| 13 | Ah well I , you can actually switch it on and off I suppose , but |