Example sentences of "go on [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 2 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 3 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 4 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 5 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 6 | One possibility is to choose two or three at a time , as above , and then go on to a few others . |