Example sentences of "on [adv] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he loses both he will still want to hang on in for the three autumn World Cup games in which England 's fate is still in his own hands . |
| 2 | The Saturday shift always seemed to drag on endlessly for the elderly night watchman and he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends . |
| 3 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
| 4 | ‘ Can you hang on here for a few moments ? ’ |
| 5 | Tomorrow I shall be asking three or four salient witnesses to stay on here for an extra night after the others have gone home . |
| 6 | oh yes I , I 've look , I 'll put some on then for a quick water |
| 7 | They drove on silently for a few minutes and then Mrs Lomax suddenly spoke . |
| 8 | And when I read it on there for a free gift I thought ooh if I do it myself I 'll get a free gift . |