Example sentences of "[to-vb] on for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 2 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 3 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 4 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 5 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 6 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 7 | Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time . |
| 8 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 9 | At first it was like leaning into a thick , inert sponge , and that seemed to go on for an age . |
| 10 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 11 | It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured . |
| 12 | Started as they meant to go on for the holiday . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 15 | After an appallingly rough five-day voyage the self-styled monarch was unable to land , as intended , at Montrose in Angus , because of the presence of a suspicious-looking vessel , and had to sail on for a further 60 miserable miles [ 96 km ] to Peterhead , beyond Aberdeen . |
| 16 | It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer . |
| 17 | She was asked to hang on for a moment . |
| 18 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 19 | Whereas it is obvious that the launch must be abandoned anywhere near the ground , halfway up the launch it is reasonable to hold on for a few seconds to see if the speed picks up again . |
| 20 | Parke , 17 , needed all his creativity and courage to hold on for a 15-10 , 9-15 , 15-12 , 15-14 victory just when his resources were beginning to flag . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | So , the tree which from which bows used in the Battle of Agincourt could have been fashioned seems set to live on for a few more generations yet . |
| 23 | Usually , a band or artist will have only a short working life in which to earn sufficient money to live on for the rest of their lives . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you know , before this I went out and bought Tesco 's own-brand baked beans to live on for the next month , ’ she remarked , rather unconvincingly . |
| 25 | By twelve o'clock he had usually earned enough to live on for the day . |
| 26 | How she missed that time — those few weeks , which now she would have to live on for the rest of her life . |
| 27 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 28 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 29 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |
| 30 | Would he care to stay on for a bite to eat ? |