Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] and [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the police would n't even let them do that , perhaps they would treat them like gypsies and move them on and on and not let them stop anywhere . |
| 2 | Er because you have to switch them on and off and all this business . |
| 3 | The transfer is made non-stop , during which the levels of synchronised sound and music are adjusted to mix them in and out as required . |
| 4 | ‘ When we understood what he meant to do , we endeavoured to dissuade him ; but he was resolute , saying he had not had a roll for a long time ; and taking out of his pockets whatever might be in them — keys , pencil , purse , or pen-knife — and laying himself parallel with the edge of the hill , he actually descended turning himself over and over till he came to the bottom . ’ |
| 5 | They sit him in the rocking-chair in front of the hearth , to rock himself back and forth as he muses out loud about the enslavement of man by natural technology . |
| 6 | cos she just took them off and then and now now she owes me something posh . |
| 7 | You can now forget about the Vehicle Watchdog as it will automatically switch itself on and off and the extensive battery life will ensure long and reliable service . |
| 8 | Hurry up or I 'll start jerking you up and down and then your hair really will come out and we 'll have enough of it to stuff a sofa ! |
| 9 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 10 | Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ? |
| 11 | He looked me up and down and with a twinkle in his eye said ‘ Oh ! dear , I think I shall have to let you know after all . ’ |
| 12 | The owner , a posh woman with a hairstyle like an upright honeycomb , looks me up and down and only drawls , ‘ It 's very expensive . ’ |
| 13 | Graham , when he saw me , looked me up and down and said : " You 'll do . " |
| 14 | She looks me up and down and says , ‘ I 'm Mr Newbegin 's wife . ’ |
| 15 | She looked me up and down and said , ‘ Oh , it 's you , is it ? ’ and turned back to the wicker hopper on the bike , delving into its depths with both hands , surfacing with long packages wrapped in newspaper . |
| 16 | She looked me up and down and adjusted my tie an inch or so ( I 'd gone for green silk and I now had two ties ) , then said : |
| 17 | He forced them back and down and in , his fingers slipping on their cheeks and brows ; they turned into mud , shiny and viscous . |
| 18 | She 'd reassure him over and over that she was fine , she was safe , there was nothing for him to worry about , and Ashdown would then ring Joe and pass along anything new or helpful that he 'd been able to pick out of the conversation . |
| 19 | Oh and you 'd telling everybody up and down that Jackie 's had her theatre gr it 's this week she 's there is n't it ? |
| 20 | He turns onto his side , looks her up and down and says politely , ‘ What a beautiful shape . ’ |
| 21 | I knew I was n't being terribly respectful , but I just cupped the telephone , looked her up and down and said : ‘ Well , you could put some shoes on . ’ |
| 22 | Work him up and down while she licked the rest of his body , work her way up , lift herself over him , her fingers now slipping inside herself . |
| 23 | She put her arm round his shoulders and hustled him out and upstairs before he recovered himself . |
| 24 | had him out and then when she brought him back he would n't stop crying . |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | er if it 's in the hall er we 've got it in our hall and you just plug in and set it on and then if anybody opens a window , the alarm bell goes off . |
| 29 | ‘ Off the coast of Ras Al Khaimah and off the coast of Muscat , too , the Slave of the Devil has been known to catch a boat by the middle , break it — break its back and pull it down and down until all is gone . |
| 30 | He actually said to them , if you can find , you know , a hundred good men then I wo n't burn your city and then he put it down and down and down and had a good old bargain . |