Example sentences of "on for [art] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you what I 'll do — I 'll pop downstairs and put the kettle on for a good cup of tea . ’ |
| 2 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 3 | Finally they reached home and tried to put the kettle on for a welcome cup of tea — to discover their water had been cut off . |
| 4 | New Scientist published an article with the transfixing title of ‘ The search for scale invariant cosmology ’ , showing that there was a search going on for a deeper understanding of the Universe . |
| 5 | The purpose of having a timetable is so that all relevant information can be digested and acted upon , and so that bids do not carry on for an unreasonable length of time . |
| 6 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
| 7 | They talked on for the best part of an hour , ending in agreement that there was no solution to this problem , short of the mass emigration of millions . |
| 8 | And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin . |
| 9 | The rotary input gain control can be set to the optimum level so that the overload light flashes momentarily on for the loudest peaks of signal . |
| 10 | It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured . |
| 11 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 12 | Sterland came on for the last half-hour of this week 's 3-0 reserve team win over Manchester City at Maine Road , and yesterday declared : ‘ It went brilliantly . |
| 13 | At least two departments in France will be focussed on for the detailed investigation of home owners . |