Example sentences of "[vb pp] on for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Attlee had carried on for another year , and the economy had turned round , Labour might still be in power . |
| 2 | No doubt he himself would have difficulties : but he thought that the Conservatives , without entering into any general undertaking , would support his Government , which would not embark upon any extravagant legislation ; and in this way the King 's Government might be carried on for another Session or even longer . |
| 3 | Three operations did not succeed in curing his glaucoma , and he had to give up his business in 1878 , although it was carried on for some years by his daughters , Eleanor , Elizabeth , and Catherine , as E. E. Dancer & Company . |
| 4 | At the time of Leathart 's survey , Taylor 's Level had been carried on for some 210 fathoms , and was then about 35 fathoms short of being below the deepening sump in the floor of Fleming 's . |
| 5 | Dry off gladioli corms in trays , then remove very small cormlets that have developed around the base — these will eventually flower , but only when grown on for several years . |
| 6 | Those that you think are worth persevering with can be grown on for another year , getting a second chance to bloom . |
| 7 | an used to be called metermarism and I say , it 's not a word it 's not a term I 've seen on for many many years and you do n't seen it many erm modern organic texts . |
| 8 | A buffet style breakfast is also laid on for all our club Choice clients . |
| 9 | Daily assessment has gone on for all these years , with tests occasionally being undertaken — that is a reality . |
| 10 | He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years . |
| 11 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 12 | It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long . |
| 13 | Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’ |
| 14 | Glenn Hoddle says he thinks his team will win because there is a determination running throughout the club and the supporters who were robbed three years ago and could have gone on for another fifty or sixty years waiting a chance like this … |
| 15 | He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play . |
| 16 | that that green was n't put on for that competition . |
| 17 | The whole penis is then rubbed with 33% calomel ointment which is kept on for several hours . |