Example sentences of "[verb] on for [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hunt goes on for two climbers after body is found |
| 2 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 3 | Prominent advocates of ratification included EC Commission President Jacques Delors ( who declared on Aug. 28 that he " would not stay on for another mandate if the " no " vote won " ) and also both the RPR leader Jacques Chirac and the UDF leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , although many RPR and UDF members were opposed to ratification . |
| 4 | There had been no handkerchieves for him to work on for several days and there was not very much to eat for dinner . |
| 5 | No doubt he himself would have difficulties : but he thought that the Conservatives , without entering into any general undertaking , would support his Government , which would not embark upon any extravagant legislation ; and in this way the King 's Government might be carried on for another Session or even longer . |
| 6 | Such hopes as there may have been — American , French , even Vietminh — of a cease-fire or negotiated settlement lingered on for several months but once the French had begun fighting they presented their case , modestly , that military operations were designed with no thought of reconquest but simply to persuade the Vietminh that they had no hope of victory . |
| 7 | In the illustration the trial phase is turned on for fixed times and the rate of current rise , and corresponding rotor position , is deduced from the current level attained at the end of the trial . |
| 8 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 9 | ‘ My father-in-law was well aware of all this ; it has been going on for some years but he would not do what was necessary to right the situation , that is cut out the loss makers and , perhaps , substitute other lines — stationery , office equipment , videos or any other line compatible with the book trade . ’ |
| 10 | Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved . |
| 11 | And so , for 500 dense pages , we hang on for grim death as Hughes ' locomotive intelligence hurtles down the track he has set himself . |
| 12 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 13 | This can go on for two hours or more , until all the eggs have been laid . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's no reason why I ca n't go on for 200 goals and I do n't agree with the argument that you should retire at the top . |
| 15 | The battles went on for four days that August and at least thirty-four people were killed . |
| 16 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 17 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 18 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 19 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
| 20 | The musical interlude went on for ten minutes and finished with the mad figures collapsing on the ground . |
| 21 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
| 22 | They went on for three hours before she fell asleep , exhausted but more relaxed than since her husband died . |
| 23 | After pitching their tents , the travellers held a rave party that went on for 3 days and nights . |
| 24 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 25 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 27 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 28 | The matter will therefore drag on for another month until the next management committee meeting , while Ferguson has to continue his return to the first team under awkward circumstances . |
| 29 | The dog-handlers struggled on for another hour but then they , too , gave up . |
| 30 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |