Example sentences of "[to-vb] on for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hearings are likely to go on for months . |
| 2 | Today 's ‘ continuous ’ culture processes are designed to go on for months without completely emptying the fermenter . |
| 3 | And one man who seemed to go on for years was Cecil Dunford or " Slap " as he was known , an active man in all his pursuits in the village . |
| 4 | But the individual members of Lloyd 's , mostly people who were dabbling way over their head in a subject about which they knew little , were often persuaded to hang on for things to improve . |
| 5 | Being left to hold on for ages and ages . |
| 6 | Usually , a stallion drives his sons out when they reach sexual maturity ( the fillies wander off , to be snapped up by some lucky bachelor ) ; but some stallions will allow their sons to stay on for years , co-opting their help in defensive action or mare-collecting raids . |
| 7 | My daughter 's been trying to get on for ages . |