Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a query and its settlement could easily drag on for hours . |
| 2 | It 's always the programmer — it 's very , very seldom the computer — and if I could just go on for a minute , I feel it 's essential that young children , particularly in the primary schools , get used to using hardware and programing , so that they will see the computer as part of their normal lives , like reading and writing and anything else they use . |
| 3 | It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years . |
| 4 | He said he would probably stay on for about two years after the tunnel opens for passenger traffic , probably next summer , and would then take a very long holiday . |
| 5 | Arguments about this change continue to rage , and will probably burn on for the foreseeable future . |
| 6 | Most reckon that , with the holding in Hanson 's balance sheet as a fixed asset , Lord Hanson will probably hold on for maybe 18 months before placing it with an alternative international predator . |
| 7 | Do you know I if you ask Andrea about it , anything she 'll probably go on for ages , and ages , and ages , and ages ! |
| 8 | The litigation will probably drag on for years . |
| 9 | The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time . |
| 10 | Do they really go on for as long as they seem to , or are they , as some people have suggested , fleeting sensations before waking up ? |
| 11 | And if they had to brave that to make a phone call , they might as well press on for home . |
| 12 | Indeed , those effects may well go on for generations , as a troubled parent will often produce troubled offspring of his own . |
| 13 | 45133 and 50015 will then move on for a short period to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before returning to Butterley . |
| 14 | Graham Taylor 's battling heroes could not quite hold on for a win that would have allowed the beleaguered England manager to say ‘ Nuts ’ to his critics . |
| 15 | Given such prompts , some informants may then go on for hours with their recollections and reminiscences . |
| 16 | The matter will therefore drag on for another month until the next management committee meeting , while Ferguson has to continue his return to the first team under awkward circumstances . |