Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 2 | William lived on for a further 16 years after that , into the reign of George V and the First World War . |
| 3 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 4 | It goes on for a minute . |
| 5 | THE WORLD HAS stopped making sense again , and Odilo forgets everything again ( which is probably just as well ) , and the war is over now ( and it seems pretty clear to me that we lost it ) , and life goes on for a little while . |
| 6 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 7 | The Parks tournament at Calderstones Park , which starts on July 19 and goes on for a week , will have the added bonus of the Dunlop tennis roadshow , with Castle and other leading coaches topping the bill . |
| 8 | The Gaijin rode on for a moment . |
| 9 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 10 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 11 | Afraid that she might have hurt Nora , who was sitting very quietly , Louise added , ‘ Of course , she 'll miss you but I do think she could stay on for a little longer , to see what might happen . ’ |
| 12 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 13 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 14 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 15 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 16 | Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off |
| 17 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 18 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 19 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 20 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 21 | Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time . |
| 22 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 23 | At first it was like leaning into a thick , inert sponge , and that seemed to go on for an age . |
| 24 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 25 | THERE was much early enthusiasm from both sides in this senior friendly at Hamilton Park with visitors Portadown just hanging on for a narrow victory . |
| 26 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 27 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 28 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 29 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 30 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |