Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do have a question and , and it has n't made , that has n't made it particularly clear as to where we are , you hinted that , and I think that was also seconded here that there might now be a post of some kind to carry on for instance the thing that I 'm particularly worried about is that there 's a sort of hiatus in the heartbeat awards , which I think would be a tragedy if that happened , and I want to be absolutely sure that that is , is n't so . |
| 2 | It was so fascinating to observe that I was very sorry when the party broke up , and even more so when Margaret did not ask her old pal Richard to stay on for supper with us after the Rolls drove away . |
| 3 | In 1959 , the Crowther Report forecast that with the raising of the minimum school leaving age to sixteen , more affluent parents would persuade their more intelligent offspring to stay on for A levels at eighteen . |
| 4 | I therefore walked on air as I went to Westminster Evening Institute to sign on for the next Sociology year . |
| 5 | Time slowed down , Phoebe wanted this moment to go on for ever , this calm moment before the storm . |
| 6 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 7 | Parke , 17 , needed all his creativity and courage to hold on for a 15-10 , 9-15 , 15-12 , 15-14 victory just when his resources were beginning to flag . |
| 8 | But Lillywhite said : ‘ My Banana squad and manager Keith Lambert give me confidence to hold on for two more stages . |
| 9 | President dos Santos appealed for the UN to stay on for two or three months after the elections . |
| 10 | The convention which it produced was signed by 119 delegations but the problems which caused the conference to drag on for so long are anything but solved . |
| 11 | Is the Fiction too slight a foundation to build on for some understanding of these intermediate years ? |
| 12 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 13 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 14 | Does the Secretary of State agree that it is vital that the public inquiry in Leicestershire establishes the circumstances that permitted the regime of terror to go on for so long and that permitted complaints made by the children to be ignored for long ? |
| 15 | You set the a great egg race type topic to work on for three weeks . |
| 16 | The Pools had closed down and Eileen and Joe were unemployed but Littlewood 's had made arrangements for their staff to sign on for unemployment pay at the Edge Lane office . |
| 17 | Usually , a band or artist will have only a short working life in which to earn sufficient money to live on for the rest of their lives . |
| 18 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 19 | Usually , a stallion drives his sons out when they reach sexual maturity ( the fillies wander off , to be snapped up by some lucky bachelor ) ; but some stallions will allow their sons to stay on for years , co-opting their help in defensive action or mare-collecting raids . |
| 20 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 21 | In April the garden was a jungle of bluebells , bursting from under the trees in blue tides above your ankles , but by midsummer my grandmother had it tame again , fifty yards of earth between wooden fences bearing docile rows of hollyhock and sweet peas ; an ex-army rug was spread on the shaven lawn for the children to sit on for tea outdoors . |
| 22 | The response to the questionnaire about training has been very satisfactory and it has provided the Training Committee with plenty of information to work on for planning future training programmes . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you know , before this I went out and bought Tesco 's own-brand baked beans to live on for the next month , ’ she remarked , rather unconvincingly . |
| 24 | developing the range and quality of collaborative activity which the children are able to initiate for themselves , by directly structuring and facilitating a variety of collaborative experiences , and modelling skills and strategies for pupils to take on for themselves . |
| 25 | Never use wicker chairs to stand on for odd jobs around the house . |
| 26 | In a profession often noted for self-promotion and expediency she had become a trusted friend , hostess and shoulder to lean on for many . |
| 27 | How could they get women to sign on for such a life ? ’ |
| 28 | While few serious historians have defended Communist excesses , some have argued that it was only the strategy in whose name they were committed that enabled the Republic to fight on for as long as it did . |
| 29 | Time to move on for a while , bur where ? |