Example sentences of "[vb past] on for a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 2 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |
| 3 | He walked on for a few yards , stooped and picked something up . |
| 4 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 5 | This situation carried on for a few weeks , she would try to talk but always just ended up leaving some food on the step . |
| 6 | Cream conditioners are massaged onto hair , left on for a few minutes , then rinsed off . |
| 7 | The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios . |