Example sentences of "[vb pp] on for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened a second door , which again had an elegant stained glass transom above it , and Belinda found it led to an open veranda that must connect with the one they had sat on for drinks . |
| 2 | This immediately limited the number of towns that could be planned , for most English towns have developed from villages , and their sites had been partly built on for centuries before they developed into towns . |
| 3 | Debate on Southcom 's future , which has dragged on for years , was put on hold when American relations with General Noriega reached rock-bottom . |
| 4 | Hampers were laid on for picnics , parcels of treats supplied for midnight romps in Swiss Alpine dorms , and no child 's insatiable hunger went unsatisfied . |
| 5 | Kate managed to persuade one of the drivers of the hire cars Carlisle Flint had laid on for sponsors to drop her back to the hotel where the team were based . |
| 6 | Due to work by the union , the community is now set to act on repetitive strain injury , something we 've campaigned on for years and in late June the E C's Head of Health and Safety will share a platform with John and Nigel in Brussels to launch G M B's campaign to create working environment funds at E C level to channel money to unions and their health and safety work . |
| 7 | She could have gone on for hours . |
| 8 | Aye , because I 've , I 've gone on for weeks with it , you |
| 9 | You 've gone on for years about being the only person in the West Country with the faintest notion how to prune roses . ’ |
| 10 | We might have gone on for years like that — me combing the streets for you while pretending to be there on other business ! |
| 11 | they had beautiful clothes and they 've gone on for years like that . |
| 12 | They 've dearly gone on for years not knowing , let alone tonsillectomies , what |
| 13 | I defended myself stoutly by pointing out that the alternative was to break off negotiations , with a dispute that could have gone on for months at great cost to the health of the nation . |
| 14 | If you had n't made me hate you , it might have gone on for months . ’ |
| 15 | The underlying attitude is perhaps that most people accept mentally handicapped people and are sympathetic towards them , but remain inwardly glad that it has not happened to them or to their children — ‘ there but for the grace of God , go I. ’ They also continue to believe the many myths surrounding the handicapped which have been passed on for decades . |
| 16 | Indeed , apart from workers in holiday camps who , because they are taken on for periods expected to be in excess of 13 weeks , qualify for statutory sickness pay , most seasonal workers are not entitled to any income replacement in case of absence . |
| 17 | These trainee hostesses our among nearly five hundred new recruits being taken on for flights to up to eight additional cities starting in the new year . |
| 18 | It is here in the tiny , pumping heart of Europe 's ready-to-wear industry that hundreds of sans-papiers , immigrants without work permits , come to be taken on for errands that could last half an hour or a day . |
| 19 | The worst damage to hulls etc. had been reported on arrival in the area after last night 's operation , and the troop 's attached REME Forward Repair Team had worked on for hours after most others had taken to their sleeping bags . |
| 20 | So as a result papers would fly round of , I 'm afraid , rather a shallow kind — a last minute dash by some bright brain on a subject which very able people in departments and outside advisers might have worked on for months and months and months . |
| 21 | There were a lot of French-Canadian soldiers stationed in the area , together with British and Americans , and a weekly film show was put on for all-comers in the Methodist chapel on Saturday nights . |
| 22 | On the patio , some Italian children were rehearsing their contribution to the show being put on for parents that evening . |
| 23 | Yet not all instances of theory replacement are quite so straightforward , for some have rumbled on for decades . |