Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was still enough money and enough going on for a ‘ hot ’ property like Nicholson to walk in and begin making fortunes immediately . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I eased down , just holding on for the silver medal , but it was the end of my Commonwealth Games . |
| 4 | And it 's still going on for another season . |
| 5 | Is a search still going on for missing material ? |
| 6 | That 's like getting on for thirty P a yoghurt . |
| 7 | It 's probably getting on for thirteen . |
| 8 | It was then getting on for three in the morning , but in the last quarter of an hour things had been getting better . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , actually , this is such a beautiful place , I was thinking of maybe staying on for a few extra days , ’ she invented hastily , knowing her mother would worry herself silly if she knew the half of it — let alone that her car had packed up . |