Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now , there are those churlish souls who mourn the fact that Lovesexy is not a There 's a Riot Goin' On for the eighties . |
| 2 | William lived on for a further 16 years after that , into the reign of George V and the First World War . |
| 3 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 4 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 5 | THE WORLD HAS stopped making sense again , and Odilo forgets everything again ( which is probably just as well ) , and the war is over now ( and it seems pretty clear to me that we lost it ) , and life goes on for a little while . |
| 6 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 7 | It 's the relationship between the client and the advertiser which goes on for the next two years . |
| 8 | As the hunt goes on for the missing millions of the family 's crashed empire , Pandora , 32 , beamed as she declared : ‘ People will probably wonder how on earth Kevin managed it with all he 's got on his mind . ’ |
| 9 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 10 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 11 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 12 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 13 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 14 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 15 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 16 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 17 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | THERE was much early enthusiasm from both sides in this senior friendly at Hamilton Park with visitors Portadown just hanging on for a narrow victory . |
| 21 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 22 | When he was able to sit down for a brief breather , he received a telephone call from control saying that some twenty young bullocks had got loose on the railway line heading in his direction and would he keep a look out , with the thought that trains and cattle do not mix . |
| 23 | Zipped up the inside , and with a squared off toe , it was the last word in futuristic chic that was to be adapted and toned down for the mass market . |
| 24 | The qualifying 20s. was no arbitrary figure but the maximum ( 16s. + 4s. for livery ) laid down for a common servant in husbandry by the wage-regulation act of 1515 . |
| 25 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 26 | The team will play to the rules laid down for the 1992 World Cup . |
| 27 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 28 | With the game going into added time Michael Galwey , after good work by Geoghegan , Clarke and Bradley , got in for an Irish try . |
| 29 | MEMBERS of LASMO Nova Scotia 's relative response team recently checked in for a flying visit around the Halifax international heliport . |
| 30 | However , on Saturday , October 10 , it is pencilled in for a proposed Newcastle to Maryport via Leeds , Skipton and Workington special , returning to Bradford Forster Square . |