Example sentences of "[vb past] on for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did a production of The Caretaker , which I designed , directed and in which I played on for the characters . ’ |
| 2 | He came on for the injured Mumby and headed in a perfect Measham cross to score his first goal for the club . |
| 3 | The 29-year-old Scot , a £225,000 summer capture from Millwall , has struggled to find his form on Wearside but all that changed when he came on for the injured Don Goodman after just 12 minutes of Saturday 's game against Barnsley . |
| 4 | Sterland came on for the last half-hour of this week 's 3-0 reserve team win over Manchester City at Maine Road , and yesterday declared : ‘ It went brilliantly . |
| 5 | There seemed only one answer , for India had seldom boasted fast bowlers of sufficient quality to operate much beyond the first half-dozen shine-removing overs before the spinners came on for the rest of the innings . |
| 6 | Waqar , relieved after only one over with the new ball , came on for the 17th over and soon caused umpire Shepherd to scowl as he bounced the ball into Atherton 's left arm and Smith 's helmet . |
| 7 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
| 8 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 9 | Somerset openers Andy Hayhurst and Mark Lathwell began promisingly against the pacemen but Carrick came on for the last over before lunch and had Lathwell caught at slip off a cunningly flighted ball which turned . |
| 10 | ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’ |
| 11 | I gritted my teeth and hung on for the climb up to Ana 's Cross on the peak of Spaunton Moor . |
| 12 | Leicester wobbled , but they hung on for the record equalling win . |
| 13 | Memphis signed on for the subsequent tour and expanded the exhibition , featuring the Rameses Colossus in the 1987 showing in the Memphis Cook Convention Center . |
| 14 | At the er and they have a band on that night that I just called on for the |
| 15 | It rumbled on for the rest of the week . |
| 16 | Hunter 's approach inaugurated a wide-ranging debate about ‘ community power structures ’ between elite theorists and pluralists which rumbled on for the next two decades . |
| 17 | They talked on for the best part of an hour , ending in agreement that there was no solution to this problem , short of the mass emigration of millions . |
| 18 | And so it went on for the first 14 years of their friendship . |
| 19 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 20 | Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway . |
| 21 | There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time . |
| 22 | On Sunday they went up to the common , a performance ; lifting the pram , Emma still insisted on for the sake of Ruth 's spine , into and off the tube , the escalators . |
| 23 | As the military mutiny dragged on for the sixth day , President Corazon Aquino asked Filipinos to ‘ join hands and consolidate our resources to rebuild what we have destroyed ’ . |
| 24 | As the military mutiny dragged on for the sixth day , President Corazon Aquino asked Filipinos to ‘ join hands and consolidate our resources to rebuild what we have destroyed ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ They stayed on for the game . ’ |
| 26 | In the end , they held on for the vital points , having gained five in their last three games to ensure safety . |
| 27 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 28 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |