Example sentences of "[vb infin] on for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 2 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |
| 3 | The purpose of having a timetable is so that all relevant information can be digested and acted upon , and so that bids do not carry on for an unreasonable length of time . |
| 4 | 45133 and 50015 will then move on for a short period to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before returning to Butterley . |
| 5 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 6 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 7 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |
| 8 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 9 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 10 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
| 11 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 12 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 13 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 14 | The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time . |
| 15 | The gayer , shorter girls would come on for a general dance to the Gavotte . |
| 16 | The managing director of Oxford United said the club will fight on for a new stadium , despite planning problems . |