Example sentences of "[vb pp] on for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somatostatin infusion ( Somatostatine UCB 250 µg/h ) was given to reduced pancreatic secretion and elective surgical intervention was decided on for the seventh day . |
| 2 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 3 | In patient 10 , who had been operated on for a bleeding ulcer seven years previously , a gastric lymphoma was diagnosed on the basis of biopsy specimens . |
| 4 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 5 | As the entrance requirements for universities , colleges and the professions have become more demanding in recent years , so increasing numbers have stayed on for a Sixth Year to study for Certificate of Sixth Year Studies examinations , to take ‘ crash ’ courses or modules in new subjects or to upgrade their existing results . |
| 6 | And Adam Hinton , the photographer , called on for an impartial view , agrees — blast him . |
| 7 | A lot is laid on for a pro golfer , but not as much as is for a team player . |
| 8 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 9 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 10 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 11 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 12 | At least two departments in France will be focussed on for the detailed investigation of home owners . |
| 13 | That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load . |
| 14 | The light will be left on for the whole time . |
| 15 | Extra midwives had been taken on for the same reason . |
| 16 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 17 | The only exception is the sort of heat fault that makes a machine malfunction after it has been switched on for a given time or when the room warms up . |
| 18 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 19 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 20 | For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time . |
| 21 | Er , we have approximately sixty boys signed on for the three teams , all of whom come from the Ottery area . |