Example sentences of "[vb past] on for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 2 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 3 | He came on for the injured Mumby and headed in a perfect Measham cross to score his first goal for the club . |
| 4 | Anyway , he waffled on for a little while about everything that did n't matter and then … ’ she swallowed ‘ … then he got down to it and told me about everything that did . ’ |
| 5 | Whatever his personal misgivings , Valenzuela hid them well and when his compulsory military service ended he signed on for a permanent career in the Air Force . |
| 6 | Memphis signed on for the subsequent tour and expanded the exhibition , featuring the Rameses Colossus in the 1987 showing in the Memphis Cook Convention Center . |
| 7 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 8 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 9 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |
| 10 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 11 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 13 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 14 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 15 | That went on for a long time . |
| 16 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 17 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |
| 18 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 19 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 20 | This went on for a long time . |
| 21 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 22 | Morrell went on for a comfortable victory over three seconds clear of the defending champion , Mark Kirk , of Ballymena . |
| 23 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 24 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 25 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |
| 26 | Abingdon held on for a deserved victory however , in one of the best games this reporter has seen this season . |