Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] on for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 3 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 4 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |
| 5 | erm there are times , perhaps , when one feels this is a little bit dull and wants to skip on for a page or two , but I suspect that that is the case with most novels that one would want to read nowadays . |
| 6 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 7 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 8 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 9 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 10 | At first it was like leaning into a thick , inert sponge , and that seemed to go on for an age . |
| 11 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 12 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're to ride Shine On for a spot of work . ’ |
| 14 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 15 | He was informed that he would have to sign on for an extra year to join the guards , but he told his mother , ‘ I 'll stay as long as I choose . |
| 16 | In the string , taking Shine On for a showpiece half-speed over five furlongs , riding home , her mind was on the implications of his message . |
| 17 | She was asked to hang on for a moment . |
| 18 | A visitor to a public house who is asked to stay on for a private party by the landlord will remain a visitor . |
| 19 | It is not surprising that Dr L regarded the humanities with some contempt , arguing that students go to sign on for a medieval history course in the arts faculty and |
| 20 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 21 | Call free on for a catalogue . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I paid Barry the fifteen dollars we had agreed on for a small , black Andean Equipment daysack to keep my new notebooks in and left him selling jewellery to his tour group . |
| 24 | I was surprised , for I had lost all count of time and had felt it had gone on for a week . |
| 25 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 26 | Would he care to stay on for a bite to eat ? |
| 27 | As the entrance requirements for universities , colleges and the professions have become more demanding in recent years , so increasing numbers have stayed on for a Sixth Year to study for Certificate of Sixth Year Studies examinations , to take ‘ crash ’ courses or modules in new subjects or to upgrade their existing results . |
| 28 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 29 | 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 . |