Example sentences of "[vb past] on for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seemed only one answer , for India had seldom boasted fast bowlers of sufficient quality to operate much beyond the first half-dozen shine-removing overs before the spinners came on for the rest of the innings . |
| 2 | It rumbled on for the rest of the week . |
| 3 | Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway . |
| 4 | On Sunday they went up to the common , a performance ; lifting the pram , Emma still insisted on for the sake of Ruth 's spine , into and off the tube , the escalators . |
| 5 | The Governor Eyre controversy dragged on for a number of years , creating deep divisions within respectable society . |
| 6 | He went hunting in Grasmere , and often stayed on for a party in the evening after a hunt . |
| 7 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 8 | Caducius had been found by Alexander McKenn and Maurice Harknett in the 1960s and dived on for a period of time before being forgotten . |