Example sentences of "[adv] on [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman looked down on them for a moment ; not seeming to see Lucy at all , she was looking at Josie . |
| 2 | But she was still in the grip of a puzzling weariness , and she could barely walk by her couch without feeling compelled to drop down on it for a short nap . |
| 3 | An isolationist king means that the land of Ulthuan can turn in on itself for a thousand years or more . |
| 4 | It 's been creeping up on me for a while . |
| 5 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 6 | But before getting into bed she emptied her bag out on it for a final attempt to work out what he had wanted , possibly taken . |
| 7 | After playing happily on it for a while we romped back to our sleeping bags and a meal , excited at the prospect of getting to grips next morning with the classic grade V , Sticil Face . |