Example sentences of "on and [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have underestimated the benefit of my practice with the neighbour 's cat , since my attempt seemed to sail on and on before it thudded to the ground . |
| 2 | He had to sit out in the corridor at Windsor listening to Electrophone transmissions of some opera that went on and on before the warblers saw fit to die with some interminable aria . |
| 3 | His voice , low and urgent , went on and on but there was never an answer . |
| 4 | Yeah I think it it 's it 's been coming on a sort of er you know we we we tour here twice a year every year and we release an album every year at this time and a video , so it 's for all the people who like that type of music they know it 's going to be there and they come out to see us all the time you know and er as you say it goes on and on but lucky enough there is an awful lot of material for us to do and you know there should n't be any problem . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | He really could n't help himself , and I ended up having to do lots of steady canter work on and on until he settled before I could start to work on more interesting things . |
| 7 | Companion stuff from the new album — a gloriously lolloping ‘ Step It Up ’ , the pre-packed next single ‘ Ground Level ’ — rubs slick shoulder with pre-acceptance vintage like ‘ Lost In Music ’ , and the show goes on and on until people are dripping off the walls , and the last kind of urban excitement we need is a joke security alert on Charing Cross Road , which means we are all shepherded out of the Marquee 's tradesmen 's entrances like nuisances , sticking to each other and sapped of claustrophobic dancenergy . |
| 8 | He told me that if the police started questioning me they 'd keep on and on until I said something I should n't . |
| 9 | It went on and on until I was nearly frantic , so I went out for the evening several times in one week to release the tension . |
| 10 | Shoes that must obey the call of the music and dance on and on until their wearer fell from exhaustion . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She had nagged at her mother for insisting on cooking everything herself , although she always did it , however formal the occasion or long the guest list , she had gone on and on until Mrs Roberts had snapped back in her turn , furiously . |
| 13 | This process goes on and on until eventually the position is as shown in Table 16.9 . |
| 14 | She nodded slightly , and he bent his head to give her a kiss which was meant to be fleeting , but which went on and on until they were breathless and shaken when he put her away from him at last . |
| 15 | It happened like this : last Saturday , after the farewell party at Nanking University , I came back to the hotel , and packed my things ready to leave for Shanghai , then about 10.30 I started to feel sick , and it got worse and worse and went on and on until I had to wake up Comrade Wu at about 3.30 and ask her to get a doctor . |
| 16 | And he said no , and I explained it , er , you know , first of all you created universe and then you , then you get all these very important people , geologists and they put er satellites and find th this oil underground , and then you drill , well it 's usually under the sea anyway , so you produce a , and this go on and on and on until the guy 's now wondering what you 're talking about |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | I found her infuriating … she goes on and on and is determined to get her own way . ’ |
| 19 | Just roll down the street , going on and on and on . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | It went on and on and that was what solidified him in America . |
| 22 | And it would go on and on and on — |
| 23 | The ringing seemed to go on and on and when at last a voice answered it took Jinny by surprise . |
| 24 | Or does it go on and on and on and on ? |
| 25 | Or does it go on and on and on and on ? |
| 26 | 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 ! |
| 27 | ’ And he just went on and on and on . |
| 28 | The belt of snow rolled on and on and on . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | The debate should not endlessly be about tactics , it becomes self-defeating to go on and on and on wrangling about tactics when it is the motivation behind those tactics that holds the key . |