Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] on for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On rehearsal , when our cue came through , we heard him say ‘ I am a sea-gull at the Port of Vancouver ’ instead of the ‘ Fitzpatrick Travelogue ’ script agreed on for this part of the show . |
| 2 | If the green light came on for either project , the paper would go straight to capitalization as a commercial company . |
| 3 | Though modern readers might wish to repay Mr Ruskin 's ‘ hard work ’ recorded in a 1854 entry , with hard labour , the practice of dismembering books went on for many centuries . |
| 4 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 5 | Let him go ’ , so the interpreter sat down and M. Ver carried on for five minutes more . |
| 6 | The fighting dragged on for another year , during which time the Nationalist armies occupied Catalonia and the ever-precarious unity of the Republican political forces collapsed . |
| 7 | By the time he got his foot to the brake pedal they were down among the mud and the car slid on for several yards before coming to a halt . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | General SVQs at levels II and III , on the other hand , are available in each of the five occupational areas decided on for initial development ( see page 1 ) . |
| 10 | The lame recital went on for some time , while Jerome , piteously small and shrunken and wretched , kneeled in Rhun 's supple , generous arm , with that radiant , silent face beside him , to point searing differences . |
| 11 | The war between England and Spain went on for sixteen years after the defeat of the Armada , with a good deal of the English effort being undertaken by private ventures like Drake 's ( though they were easier to acknowledge once war had begun officially ) . |
| 12 | Women 's work in sweated trades ( defined with some difficulty by a Select Committee on the subject in 1890 as work carried on for inadequate wages and for excessive hours in insanitary conditions ) , was also opposed because of the threat it posed to motherhood and the rearing of an imperial race . |
| 13 | Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | After this final fatal episode the eruption dragged on for many months , lasting well into 1903 . |
| 16 | The group carried on for another album and a few more singles but the charts were changing , and their time was up . |
| 17 | as if nothing had happened , the Valkyrie flew on for sixteen seconds . |
| 18 | This trade carried on for many years , but as a result of more advantageously located competition , it finally ceased working in about 1930 . |
| 19 | The arguments dragged on for 11 months , during which time the orangs were looked after by volunteers , many of whom were recent graduates in biology from the National University in Jakarta . |
| 20 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 21 | But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come . |
| 22 | McGoldrick signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and said : ‘ The boss has outlined his plans , but he has n't guaranteed me a first-team place . ’ |
| 23 | McGoldrick signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and said : ‘ I 'm delighted it 's all gone through so smoothly . ’ |
| 24 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
| 25 | MOTORIST David Millen drove on for three miles after an accident — with a severed arm hanging by a thread from his shoulder . |
| 26 | The controversy smouldered on for several years fuelled by the entrenched views of some of the judges . |
| 27 | The Crystal Palace star signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and admitted : ‘ The manager has outlined his plans , but he has n't guaranteed me a first-team place . ’ |
| 28 | The dog-handlers struggled on for another hour but then they , too , gave up . |
| 29 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 30 | The musical interlude went on for ten minutes and finished with the mad figures collapsing on the ground . |