Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The kettle went on for a lunchtime brew-up before we tackled the group of small , uninhabited islands which lie west of Whalsay : Nacka Skerry , Nista , Mooa , Isbister Holm ( the only place in Shetland where sea-aster grows ) , East Linga and Grif Skerry . |
| 32 | The 21-year-old international , also a forward , clocks on for a trial period today , 24 hours after the arrival of Norway 's star striker , Tore Andre Dahlum of Rosenberg , who started a week 's trial yesterday . |
| 33 | Twenty-four hours after training , there was getting on for a sixty-per-cent increase in the numbers of spines to be found on the dendrites in the left IMHV ( but almost no effect in the right ) . |
| 34 | If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer . |
| 35 | ‘ The likes of her 'll go on for a bit yet , ’ said Jack . |
| 36 | But when you want to heat the bedrooms up you ca n't , unless you only have it on for a bit you know . |
| 37 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 38 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 39 | But umm I sort of drove on for a bit and thought it feels alright and then when I got to that , you know B P petrol station , I pulled in and got out and had a look . |
| 40 | The 21 shots format was used when Coatbridge hosted the world indoor singles championship , before television put the pressure on for a change . |
| 41 | The 21 shots format was used when Coatbridge hosted the world indoor singles championship , before television put the pressure on for a change . |
| 42 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 43 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 44 | But he sat and did n't look up and said , ‘ Hang on for a coach , ’ |
| 45 | These people , I remarked , could pull out of their pockets , thoughtlessly , as much money for a round of drinks as most single parents have to live on for a week ; could pay as much for a few hours ’ sleep as a Third World peasant and his family have to live , or die , on for a year . |
| 46 | Discussions went on for a year and cost T&L about £500,000 in legal fees and other expenses , Vlitos says , ‘ but they came up with a strong agreement which protected T&L — a pygmy next to a corporate giant like J&J ’ . |
| 47 | That would be one less thing for him to worry about with regards to his mother , for she would still be mistress of the house , at least until the war was over , which might go on for a year , perhaps two . |
| 48 | It 's dragging on , it 's been dragging on for a year , but I 'm getting there slowly and I feel a lot more confident than last time . |
| 49 | And er that went , of course , on for a year . |
| 50 | I lived in my house for going on for a year |
| 51 | Leave it on for a year you 'll get a bill . |
| 52 | But if you leave a light bulb on for a year , it 'll cost you more than leaving the fan heater on for an hour . |
| 53 | They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm |
| 54 | Left on for a fortnight . |
| 55 | Hang on for a second please . |
| 56 | He put the stub of the fat cigar he had been smoking under the cold tap , turned the water on for a second while the brown stump sizzled and died , then threw the sodden remnant in the bin . |
| 57 | Yeah Can I just flick the light on for a second ? |
| 58 | Cast on for a test piece and knit a few rows ending with the carriage at the right . |
| 59 | Would he care to stay on for a bite to eat ? |
| 60 | The Campbells steamer his mother had once taken him on for a day trip to Ilfracombe . |