Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You on about Emma here ? |
| 2 | She 's always on about Alison like , I 'm sure she fucking does n't charge them for drinks . |
| 3 | Hunter was on about Deane not getting away from his marker enough , from corners and stuff he just sits and gets marked instead of moving out to the far post . |
| 4 | ‘ If only she would not go on about Cambridge so , ’ Miss Waters regretted . |
| 5 | Why not begin the day with SIR JAMES ANDERTON — MY WAY , and see if he starts wanking on about cesspools again ? |
| 6 | Oh yes , oh yes yes erm and I 'm on about er on about , for one thing , but you 'd be surprised er it 's the biggest and most elaborate trade of any in the world , locks and keys , I say that very firmly because er there 's no limit , there 's no extent and you , there might be required anything and as I say er I er I had these locks for the asylums and that , you know and er I thought I mentioned it before , I made fifty fifty locks all different and I had to number them and keep a record of them and er I had a , you had the keys on a wire , numbered one up to fifty and they was for big , big asylums , you know what I mean and er they could go in one ward , I 'm on about places where they 'd have twenty or thirty people , you know and er there 's only one bloke could get in there . |
| 7 | You 'll see , they 'll quarter the soldiers on us , but the king 's officers will be pushing on for London as fast as they can . ’ |
| 8 | And this party looked as if it could go on for hours yet ! |
| 9 | In April the garden was a jungle of bluebells , bursting from under the trees in blue tides above your ankles , but by midsummer my grandmother had it tame again , fifty yards of earth between wooden fences bearing docile rows of hollyhock and sweet peas ; an ex-army rug was spread on the shaven lawn for the children to sit on for tea outdoors . |
| 10 | You can ca , and it carries on for miles around as well does n't it ? |
| 11 | Somehow , the wonderful aroma lingered on for days after . |
| 12 | The Strangeways riot , which went on for days longer than necessary because of squabbling between the Home Office prison department and the prison governor . |
| 13 | They also provided the food and baking would go on for days beforehand . |
| 14 | Now the story of Britain 's biggest-ever robbery — and the massive money laundering operation that went on for months afterwards — will be told tomorrow night in ITV 's £2 million drama Fool 's Gold ( 9.05pm ) . |
| 15 | They 've dearly gone on for years not knowing , let alone tonsillectomies , what |
| 16 | It could go on for years possibly . |
| 17 | We were there in early December , and the work carried on after dark very often , lit only by the exterior lights of the melin , which were scarcely adequate illumination . |
| 18 | Susan came down for breakfast today , and they had an exciting time opening their parcels , for their father 's illness had prevented their making friends in the neighbourhood ; but there was plenty to do and talk about , and they steadfastly refused to give way to the depression that naturally overcame them at times . |
| 19 | I also welcome two more amendments which have also been put down by my Noble Friend , Lord and of course are down for discussion now . |
| 20 | The first reactor was closed down for repairs earlier this year after a gas leak . |
| 21 | She watched him go , realizing it was weeks since they had sat down for dinner together without an interruption , and over a week since they had made love . |
| 22 | ‘ Incidentally , according to this we 're both down for beds tonight . |
| 23 | booking it in as book twice stage you see . |
| 24 | Mr Endara was sworn in as President shortly after midnight last night , on a US military base , in the presence of a US Major-General , with members of Panamanian human rights groups as witnesses . |
| 25 | The downsizing cost it Jim Katzman , the big-time venture capitalist who came in as president back in March to run the joint ( UX No 377 ) . |
| 26 | Yeah she slept in for work again . |
| 27 | Are you in for lunch tomorrow ? |
| 28 | Two unqualified ancillary helpers were brought in for mornings only , even though all the children stayed all day from the new year on . |
| 29 | I did n't want the other boys to view us as being mates because then I would probably come in for abuse too . |
| 30 | Simon Povoas , the replacement on Saturday , stands in for Richards again and Jez Harris , a bench reserve of late , gets a run at outside-half instead of Ainscough . |