Example sentences of "on [prep] [noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Have heater switched on in cockpit for a prescribed period . |
2 | Her mother 's not too well — she 's staying on in Hazelbury for a few days , ’ Leith speedily calmed his fears . |
3 | After that , he flies to Paris for a meeting with the French President , then on to Germany for the first historic conference with the heads of all the NATO , European Community and Warsaw Pact countries . |
4 | McCallen is hoping that the Honda will remain in one piece after tomorrow for it travels on to Donington for the British Championship meeting the next day where it will be ridden by Steve Hislop with McCallen reverting to the slower RC30 Honda . |
5 | But with fourteen minutes gone Derby moved the ball slickly from Forsyth to Harts and on to Paul for a measured finish . |
6 | Led by Geoff Miller as Botham was attending Viv Richards ' wedding — to which fifty people were invited and two thousand turned up — they beat the Leeward Islands and then moved on to Antigua for the inaugural Test at St John 's , West Indies ' first new Test ground since the opening series of 1929–30 . |
7 | Today , we debate a legislative programme that could have been proposed only by a Government who have no purpose other than hanging on to office for a few more months . |
8 | Matthew eventually returned to Nanaimo and came home with us , but Ed continued on to Ohio for a longer stay . |
9 | Once there , he held on to power for a long time , easily in successive periods of government , with unusual difficulty in opposition . |
10 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
11 | Then he flew to Japan to run the 440K from Hiroshima to Nagasaki in a new record time of just over 57 hours , and moved on to Siberia for a 13-day stage race covering 50K a day . |
12 | There was a deep reserve of ability to be tapped , and ( whatever the improvement ) only 45 per cent of all fifteen-year-olds — including , of course , those in grammar schools — stayed on at school for a fifth year or more . |
13 | An agreement had hastily been arrived at , to the effect that Cornelius would be kept on at school for an indefinite period until matters could be expedited . |
14 | With United heading for an embarrassing goal-less draw , the manager 's son Darren knocked over a free-kick which was headed on by McClair for the unmarked Dublin to shoot past Tim Flowers from six yards . |