Example sentences of "on for [adv] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 2 | The troubles are going on for over 20 years and the NI Office is doing very little about it , so it could go on for another 20 years . |
| 3 | He said he would probably stay on for about two years after the tunnel opens for passenger traffic , probably next summer , and would then take a very long holiday . |
| 4 | ‘ I left the treatment on for about 10 minutes but I did n't really have the time to use a plastic cap . |
| 5 | This went on for about ten evenings and at the end of it all he had lost a stone in weight and had attracted the waterfowl from the entire county ! |
| 6 | I walked on for perhaps forty yards and stopped , lighting a cigarette and looking vaguely in his direction . |
| 7 | departure indeed from last year where the official parade went on for around 2 hours and there was really very little hint of even a bit of descent . |