Example sentences of "[verb] on for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food , of course , remains a topic of passionate concern — the focus of minor complaints and disagreements which rumble on for long periods — and outbursts of contentment which are extremely short-lived . |
| 2 | Harry himself scored 53 League goals for Palace and two in the FA Cup ; how many he laid on for other forwards we can only guess at . |
| 3 | It also goes on for bloody ages . |
| 4 | Immigration laws inherited from the former East German state , which were due to expire on January 1st , are being allowed to carry on for Soviet Jews arriving in Berlin . |
| 5 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 6 | McMillan was stopped in the eighth round because his left arm had been viciously dislocated from its shoulder socket — but at the time our Colin was hanging on for grim life . |
| 7 | For this reason they are not so popular with knitters who have standard gauge machines and they do n't seem to have caught on for chunky machines , possibly because they are too thick for the former and not thick enough for the latter . |
| 8 | Kitchen floors need to be tough enough to withstand all sorts of spills , grease and damp , comfortable enough to stand on for long periods , and handsome to look at . |
| 9 | Never use wicker chairs to stand on for odd jobs around the house . |
| 10 | Bigsun will have come on for High Easter run |
| 11 | Champions hold on for exciting draw |
| 12 | Robert was a replacement in the Currie Cup final and came on for young Johan Roux in the second half . |
| 13 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 14 | In the illustration the trial phase is turned on for fixed times and the rate of current rise , and corresponding rotor position , is deduced from the current level attained at the end of the trial . |
| 15 | Most patients ( n=123 ) were operated on for presumed ulcerative colitis but 10 ( 8% ) are now known to have Crohn 's disease and a further 10 ( 8% ) have certain features of Crohn 's disease and have been labelled indeterminate colitis . |
| 16 | All the happening was going on for other people miles away . |
| 17 | There has been work going on for sometime in developing user friendly programs for statistical analysis which are ‘ intelligent ’ in that they include many checks for pitfalls and errors . |
| 18 | ‘ Hard to tell what 's going on for sure . ’ |
| 19 | Is a search still going on for missing material ? |
| 20 | And so , for 500 dense pages , we hang on for grim death as Hughes ' locomotive intelligence hurtles down the track he has set himself . |
| 21 | She was holding on for dear life , leaning into him , lifting on tiptoe so that he could gather her close , hold her tightly in his arms , while his tongue slipped into her mouth , while his hand swept up her ribs and lightly cupped her breast … |
| 22 | Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show . |
| 23 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
| 24 | He insisted on trying to go it alone and lurched against the bannister where he hung on for dear life . |
| 25 | By the end of the 1970s , such of these early headhunting characters who still survived could be found occupying the positions of non-executive directors and chairmen of search firms , lending respectability and weight but not necessarily being called on for practical help ; by the 1980s most had disappeared . |
| 26 | One thing you can bet on for sure . ’ |
| 27 | It was in this way that Maurice , with the two of them clinging on for dear life , put out on the tide . |
| 28 | But he must n't forget that it was a great occasion for old Willis , who must be getting on for sixty-live , ready to take the knock any day now . |
| 29 | However , Mrs Thompson vowed to fight on for other landlords even if time ran out for she and her husband . |
| 30 | Then she turned her attention to the tabby cat still spreadeagled on the back of the broom with its eyes screwed tightly shut and its claws gripping on for dear life . |