Example sentences of "on for three " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bottom time display remains on for three seconds , then reverts to normal dive display for 10 seconds , and so the sequence continues . |
| 2 | Lectures often began as early as 5 or 6 a.m. in the summer ( 7 a.m. in the winter ) , and sometimes the first lecture went on for three hours , no provision being made for any food before 10 a.m . |
| 3 | They had to walk , and a real hike it was — getting on for three miles I think . |
| 4 | Despite soldiering on for three days she finally admitted defeat when frostbite of the labia majora forced her to abandon the job . |
| 5 | ‘ I have an 18 month old son so I could only leave the conditioner on for three minutes but I was still very impressed . |
| 6 | This went on for three hours , by which time they 'd attracted a sizeable body of fans into the hotel foyer , much to the consternation of the management who had to call the police to break up the party . |
| 7 | Louise came up for the funeral and stayed on for three weeks to give moral support . |
| 8 | MOTORIST David Millen drove on for three miles after an accident — with a severed arm hanging by a thread from his shoulder . |
| 9 | Twice as large as the Atlantic and getting on for three times the size of the Indian Ocean , it is bigger than all the land surface of the earth , including Antarctica , and with Africa counted twice . |
| 10 | I am less sure about the Andantino grazioso , which could be more relaxed than here ; it 's as if the performers are anxious that this longish ( and to be honest , maybe too long ) movement should not outstay its welcome , and even here it lasts getting on for three minutes longer than either of the others . |
| 11 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
| 12 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |
| 13 | They went on for three hours before she fell asleep , exhausted but more relaxed than since her husband died . |
| 14 | It was then getting on for three in the morning , but in the last quarter of an hour things had been getting better . |
| 15 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
| 16 | ‘ We were woken at 10.30pm and told to put our kit on for three hours of night-time navigation exercises , ’ says Peter . |
| 17 | mm , mm in any event members of the jury I , I forgot to mention to you earlier , er , thank you Mr you probably feel a wisdom of this having done several days of this case , two and a half hours is just about as long as anybody can be expected to sit and listen to evidence and er , what I was going to do , and I hope it does n't inconvenience anybody , I was going , instead of going on for three hours till one o'clock , I was gon na break off about half past twelve to about half past one , to break up the day as you know , I hope that 's alright , so what we 'll do we 'll go on now and , and I 'm sure , I think it 's doubtful if you would have got to that point by half past twelve , and then you and Lord sort it out and your learned duties as much as you can in the adjournment and then tell me afterwards what the brochure position is , I 'm sure you 've no objection to disclosing any brochures that you 've got that erm , or can get er which relate to that point |
| 18 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 19 | But the Queen will see just about every past and present RAF aircraft a flypast which will go on for three quarters of an hour . |
| 20 | So she puts the pinger on for three minutes . |
| 21 | It 's on for three hours . |
| 22 | You set the a great egg race type topic to work on for three weeks . |
| 23 | Very big , and also for the West Germans , because they 've got to absorb these sixteen million or so new er citizens and they 've got to pay for them until they pay for themselves , and meanwhile they 've got to carry various international costs , especially payments to Russia for the Russian troops who are going to stay on for three or four years , and pay for them to withdraw and pay to build barracks for them in , in Russia so that they can withdraw . |
| 24 | Someone , someone told me it 's on for three and a half hours ! |