Example sentences of "on [prep] another " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pre-senter is now droning on about another minor leak of nuclear waste at Sellafield . |
| 2 | Next Friday , we 'll do our level best to keep er our hair on during another live edition of Central Weekend . |
| 3 | If Attlee had carried on for another year , and the economy had turned round , Labour might still be in power . |
| 4 | For this recession to equal the previous record of 16 months it would have to drag on for another six months . |
| 5 | So he steps on for another mouthful ; and this time does n't jump back . |
| 6 | He cleaned up his act , quit taking uppers and downers with the help of his wife and the Betty Ford Clinic , and now looks set to go on for another 40 years . |
| 7 | ( She went on for another seven ! ) . |
| 8 | In 1952 Walter Luff should have retired , but was twice persuaded to stay on for another year by the Transport Committee . |
| 9 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 10 | And she soldiered on for another 15 years before she finally died . |
| 11 | Hugo glanced at his watch , and decided to press on for another half-hour . |
| 12 | His widow Margaret held on for another 45 years , beset on all sides by warring local landowners who claimed parts of the island , as its boundaries grew ever-closer to the Holderness mainland . |
| 13 | You should be feeling slimmer this morning , and it should encourage you to carry on for another day . |
| 14 | An hour of wall-to-wall Carpeting would have been perfect , but they would n't get offstage , and dragged on for another 30 minutes . |
| 15 | The group carried on for another album and a few more singles but the charts were changing , and their time was up . |
| 16 | ‘ I can go on for another three or four years yet because I 'm still as fit as a fiddle , ’ he said . |
| 17 | The troubles are going on for over 20 years and the NI Office is doing very little about it , so it could go on for another 20 years . |
| 18 | John looked at his watch , ‘ Come on Mary , we can go on for another ten minutes and I 'd like to find out what is around that bend . ’ |
| 19 | Rather than alight at the Gare du Nord railway terminal , they stayed on for another stop , leaving at Châtelet in the centre of the city . |
| 20 | RAMBO 'S HALL rolled back the years yesterday and now he 's spot on for another Cambridgeshire bid . |
| 21 | The dog-handlers struggled on for another hour but then they , too , gave up . |
| 22 | Those that you think are worth persevering with can be grown on for another year , getting a second chance to bloom . |
| 23 | The Collector estimated that at this rate they might carry on for another two or three weeks . |
| 24 | I was going back to London the next day ; the actor was staying on for another week . |
| 25 | She carried on for another year and then died suddenly from a heart attack . |
| 26 | We sailed on for another two weeks . |
| 27 | McDougall carried on for another three years , when he was succeeded by Leslie Edwards . |
| 28 | Jenking let the ship run on for another fifteen minutes or so . |
| 29 | Still in his pyjamas and with his foot in plaster , he would hobble 500 metres or so across some fields until he reached a track , then carry on for another 500 metres or so until he reached a proper road . |
| 30 | So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again . |