Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 and records himself going for a piss but he does a bit , it cuts out when he 's actually pissing but he 's going on about now the biros are getting in the way of my knob here
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 When she was feeling down , Old Mother Walsh was always going on about how the snake was slithering in our direction .
6 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 . ’
7 The war went on for over a thousand years .
8 I 've got ta try hand it on for over a year then I went to live again .
9 A major Cabinet dispute rumbled on for nearly a year .
10 I think I need to put the immersion on for just a little while .
11 That went on for quite a long time
12 The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while .
13 But we kept this on for quite a number of years .
14 This went on for quite a while before it spoke again .
15 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 .
16 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 ! ’
17 But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while .
18 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
19 The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down .
20 I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so ,
21 The shelling went on for about an hour then almost complete silence descended on the area as I continued to stare to my front .
22 Leave on for about an hour , then shampoo thoroughly .
23 The fight went on for about an hour .
24 ‘ It went on for about an hour , and although we could n't see anything we could feel what was happening to them .
25 The good thing about it was , it was only on for about an hour .
26 It was not until the bombing had been going on for almost a week that the Iraqi foreign minister issued a protest .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 It 's not all good : you can never find a toothbrush in our house and you dare n't put your keys down for even an instance .
30 But the thriller element does no damage to the message and helps the story along for even the most committed viewer .
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