Example sentences of "on for [adj] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lights are on for twelve hours a day , and filtration is by two Fluval 4s . |
| 2 | I now leave the lights on for eight hours a day . |
| 3 | This can go on for two hours or more , until all the eggs have been laid . |
| 4 | thrashed them out of sight , could n't fucking believe it , when you 've seen a pool table , erm , pool game go on for two hours , that 's when you know you |
| 5 | It 's on for two hours . |
| 6 | It 's actually on for two hours in the evening . |
| 7 | I put the central heating on for one hour before the kids go to bed and one hour before they get up . |
| 8 | These went on for several hours , rattling doors and windows almost continuously . |
| 9 | The whole penis is then rubbed with 33% calomel ointment which is kept on for several hours . |
| 10 | This can go on for several hours on a number of occasions two hundred or more eggs have been counted . |
| 11 | It 's alright for ha put it on for half hour maybe , you know , but you forget it |
| 12 | Lighting is by a 20W Triton and a 20W Gro-lux and these are on for ten hours a day . |
| 13 | Charge , you 've turned it on for ten hours , how much will I charge you ? |
| 14 | Well , they 're in detailed discussions , and negotiations are likely to go on for some hours . |
| 15 | Lice can be cleared best with special lotions which evaporate on contact with the scalp and should be left on for 12 hours before shampooing away . |
| 16 | The dog-handlers struggled on for another hour but then they , too , gave up . |
| 17 | Lectures often began as early as 5 or 6 a.m. in the summer ( 7 a.m. in the winter ) , and sometimes the first lecture went on for three hours , no provision being made for any food before 10 a.m . |
| 18 | This went on for three hours , by which time they 'd attracted a sizeable body of fans into the hotel foyer , much to the consternation of the management who had to call the police to break up the party . |
| 19 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
| 20 | They went on for three hours before she fell asleep , exhausted but more relaxed than since her husband died . |
| 21 | ‘ We were woken at 10.30pm and told to put our kit on for three hours of night-time navigation exercises , ’ says Peter . |
| 22 | mm , mm in any event members of the jury I , I forgot to mention to you earlier , er , thank you Mr you probably feel a wisdom of this having done several days of this case , two and a half hours is just about as long as anybody can be expected to sit and listen to evidence and er , what I was going to do , and I hope it does n't inconvenience anybody , I was going , instead of going on for three hours till one o'clock , I was gon na break off about half past twelve to about half past one , to break up the day as you know , I hope that 's alright , so what we 'll do we 'll go on now and , and I 'm sure , I think it 's doubtful if you would have got to that point by half past twelve , and then you and Lord sort it out and your learned duties as much as you can in the adjournment and then tell me afterwards what the brochure position is , I 'm sure you 've no objection to disclosing any brochures that you 've got that erm , or can get er which relate to that point |
| 23 | It 's on for three hours . |
| 24 | And so on for three hours on one piece of celery and a prune wrapped in bacon . |
| 25 | And so on and so on for another hour and a half , sweating and dazed , until at 4.48 a.m. , extremely painfully , out comes young Tom ( not such a bad name ; commonplace , I know ) , emerging head looking like a terrifically cross blue Brussels sprout , splosh go the fluids , splat goes the placenta and there he is . |