Example sentences of "[verb] on for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are extreme cases , but competition for business clients between travel companies is keen and the services laid on for business travellers are considerable and proclaimed through high pressure marketing . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | On occasion there were more serious charges where preliminary hearings were held and the case either dismissed or passed on for trial at a higher court . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She and Cati were born into the same family , went to the same school , heard the same sermons on Sundays and feast days , and often confessed to the same priest ; but Cati liked to cover herself in guilt , a kind of protective clothing that her elder sister had once inspected , tried on for size , and then discarded . |
| 6 | The first is that after an initial period single parents should be required to name the father of their children when signing on for welfare . |
| 7 | ‘ This produced a pretty farcical scene really with us both stopped on the track , but I managed to get away and hang on for second . |
| 8 | The application will take several months ( or longer ) to come on for hearing . |
| 9 | But erm I do n't think that the town show perhaps I was I 'm prejudiced to the fact that , that we 'll be losing money rather than making it but it was n't anything like we put on for entertainment ! |
| 10 | Right , erm so we 'll er just start with a quick erm er look round what people have decided on for investment er in individual cases . |
| 11 | Before the action came on for trial the defendant applied for an adjustment of his liabilities under the Liabilities ( Wartime Adjustment ) Act 1941 . |
| 12 | Kee pulled off another brilliant save and United hung on for victory . |
| 13 | Wearing the Lord of the Isles tartan , he used a crook to support the knee recently operated on for cartilage damage . |
| 14 | And EVERY day there is something going on for mum and dad or the kiddies . |
| 15 | Call BaByliss Customer Careline on for information and advice on any BaByliss appliance . |
| 16 | Is there any one area you are being asked to focus on for prayer or action ? |
| 17 | I used little corner blocks to create the corner effect , and each of these is tongue and grooved on for strength . |
| 18 | And this she did , holding on for support to the iron rail that rimmed the wooden edge of the cart and which helped to keep the rags in place . |
| 19 | She was wearing the dumb preppie blouse her mother liked her to put on for school and , of course , the Iron Maiden . |
| 20 | Child suffers on for need of op |
| 21 | But a great deal of Tigerish pride was regained as Quins , oddly subdued up front for much of the second period , hung on for victory and another appearance at Twickenham . |
| 22 | Seven or eight times out of ten , this is the phenomenon which greets those in the deliverance ministry when they are called on for help . |
| 23 | However , Byron Nelson , 79 , has a new hip and may be called on for duty . |
| 24 | In addition to his school life and his theatrical life and his special coaching of the boys , he would play the organ in church ( not chapel : he was an Anglican ) and several times a week work with his boys in the Air Training Corps which he turned into one of the finest in the principality , often called on for show parades . |
| 25 | Those are figures for the number of 14 to 18-year-olds staying on for training or full-time education . |
| 26 | Hers is perhaps a 30 year plan , a code that will keep her name in neon until her teenage fans are getting on for grandparenthood and Madonna is another has-been . |
| 27 | By then it was getting on for lunchtime but , sauntering through the colonnade , she could n't resist first climbing a flight of stairs to take a look at some of the splendid Bohemian glassware on display . |
| 28 | He told us that , at the time was unemployed , and within a few days he even gave the date and place where she signed on for unemployment benefit . |
| 29 | However , its most serious effect for Brazil is likely to be the role it plays in delaying a southerly weather front which many regions of north-eastern Brazil rely on for rain . |
| 30 | It can be walked on for access if required . |