Example sentences of "on and on and on " in BNC.

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1 He wandered from room to room without aim , and without knowing whether he was on the top floor or in the basement , ‘ just up and up and on and on and on ’ .
2 Just roll down the street , going on and on and on .
3 But the weird thing about this supposedly ‘ shock admission ’ is that everyone made the most dreadful fuss when she said she intended to ‘ go on and on and on ’ .
4 And it would go on and on and on
5 Or does it go on and on and on and on ?
6 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 !
7 ’ And he just went on and on and on .
8 The belt of snow rolled on and on and on .
9 ‘ Camels go on and on and on until they die ; and then one has the option of eating them , altogether far better tasting than a Michelin tyre , ’ writes Rene Dee in The Traveller 's Handbook .
10 Th'would be famous … think of it … ’ on and on and on , blithely unaware of the curious glances from the passers-by , though Midnight noticed every one .
11 Perdita listened to her mother grinding gears and going on and on and on about how marvellously Perdita had played and how it had been the proudest moment of her life , and how everyone from Rupert to Brigadier Canford said what a great future she had and Drew this and Drew that .
12 It just went on and on and on .
13 It just went on and on and on .
14 ‘ I do just wonder , ’ Mary said , ‘ why you go on and on and on about it .
15 And the storm went on and on and on ; when finally relief came to the exhausted crews , it seemed the only recourse was to turn tail and head for home .
16 So some genetic problems are a result or a , shown to be the result of a wrong amino acid being incorporated into the protein chain and therefore repricated and on and on and on .
17 Now a compression is , pressure on the brain , caused by fracture , bleed or blood clot now if a person has been suffering from concussion and it 's gone unnoticed , that bleed could be just carrying on and on and on and it could take up to four to five days before the compression shows itself so perhaps a week later they 're sitting down to breakfast saying ooh my head hurts , now the poor wife or husband , or whoever it is does n't know about that knock on the head that they had previously , unless somebody 's told them about it mm , so your casualty now is going to have this headache and a beauty , they 're going to be confused their levels of consciousness it will deteriorate face is very hot , dry flushed the pupils will become unequal and because of the pressure breathing becomes noisy if you feel the pulse , it 's going to be slow and strong and you will get paralysis on the opposite side to the compression , what are , what are the signs and symptoms of ?
18 It is n't intended to go anywhere , just fill the time of day … on and on and on with no point or purpose other than to fill the time , like the rocking of a chair . ’
19 But we used to Littlewoods used to give us an order , for one machine , or two machines , and you could keep your machine on this one particular set of curtains , without changing your jacks , without changing your beams , without changing your bodies , you could work straight on and on and on .
20 alright but he goes Ooh he goes on and on and on .
21 goes on and on and on until you can get something that 's erm a straight forward one letter to the power so you can differentiate it .
22 It goes on and on and on — ten thousand miles of virtually uninterrupted ocean .
23 It went on and on and on .
24 But I also seem to remember rows , and Motherdear going on and on and on — she has that way , you know : she just gets a subject , and worries it to death and beyond , never giving up , like a dog with a dirty old carcass .
25 So it 's , it was n't a new thing when they brought but nevertheless erm that went on and on and on then and er cos the staff really went down , the requirements for staff went down and erm I , I think erm , they got it down when I left there to round about a hundred and forty six staff was , was all that was required .
26 The night goes on and on and on .
27 Through the pressures put on our members by the private contractors , if they get recognition , and not guarantee , no sick pay , reduced holidays , no check-off , the , I could go on and on and on .
28 I could go on and on and on .
29 I could go on and on and on and I 've listened all week to the debates and I agree with what John said on Sunday .
30 this trouble once with a with a young child and er I told this this this person er granny figure if you like , do n't talk to those children I 've told them not to they went on and on and on .
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