Example sentences of "on for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | and he 'd been a Liverpool councillor off and on for over fifty years . |
| 3 | The search for Louise Butler had been going on for over two days . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the negotiations between the three publishers jostling for position went on for over a year without reaching a conclusion : ‘ It was very difficult to find common ground and make sure that everyone had their fair share . ’ |
| 5 | The war went on for over a thousand years . |
| 6 | Her admirer had already been bound over to keep the peace after being arrested on her doorstep , and his unwelcome attentions had been going on for over six years . |
| 7 | I 've got ta try hand it on for over a year then I went to live again . |
| 8 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 9 | Webb , who has agreed to play on for both Bath and England until a Registrar 's appointment becomes available , kicked five penalties and converted a superb Jeremy Guscott try to sink Quins . |
| 10 | As she said , ‘ The audience did n't know what the f — we were on about and it went on for simply ages , but Ken could be very indulgent with that sort of manic streak . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Are we still on for tonight ? ’ |
| 12 | Is there anything on for tomorrow ? |
| 13 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |
| 14 | This went on for well over a month , with the owls flying free in the barn , until we were sure they were confident and happy in their surroundings . |
| 15 | They found they could switch on particular groups of atoms with a pulse of electricity and they stayed switched on for up to two days . |
| 16 | Very few have turned down the offer but anyone interested can contact the operators of the train on for up to the minute information . |
| 17 | Oh , it did , went on for up to the time I retired . |
| 18 | It 's expected to go on for up to six weeks . |
| 19 | The attack went on for up to five minutes before the two attackers made off on foot . |
| 20 | On for nearly another hundred years , and we are with yet another poet , whose early work was written under the pen-name of Owen Meredith . |
| 21 | A major Cabinet dispute rumbled on for nearly a year . |
| 22 | The affair had been going on for nearly two years . |
| 23 | Although its voluntary recruits diminished , the order had managed to limp on for nearly two centuries under Ixmarity 's watchful eye . |
| 24 | Investigations into the activities of this particular smuggling gang had been going on for nearly twelve months prior to the climax of Yashmak and were initiated in Sussex . |
| 25 | So West Indies won by an innings and 156 runs ; yet had England managed to hold on for just another three or four minutes they would have got a draw , for the heavens opened and further play would have been impossible . |
| 26 | ‘ I felt that if the game had gone on for just five more minutes , then we could even have won it . |
| 27 | There was too much going on for just one person to deal with . |
| 28 | I think I need to put the immersion on for just a little while . |
| 29 | I understand that revision of the regulations , which has been going on for sometime , is reaching its final phase . |
| 30 | Arsenal , having won the Cup and two Championships in four years , could not go on for much longer with the same team , and in 1933 Chapman 's major concern was to find replacements to keep the club on top . |