Example sentences of "[verb] on [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typical of the kind of pain Dustin would put himself through , in order to get ‘ inside ’ a character , was the way in which he developed Ratso 's limp by placing stones in one shoe and then walking on them for a day . |
| 2 | I had to work on them for a long time . |
| 3 | He stood in the hallway puffing on it for a few seconds to make sure it was fully alight . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , he can atone for his sins by waiting on you for a few days , ’ Jack said laughingly . |
| 5 | Thankfully he landed on it for a moment , moving his body back and forth to keep balance with the stress of the wind and peering about him . |
| 6 | Now she let her eyes dwell on them for a moment — Sally glowing with pride , Edward with a slightly dazed expression on his handsome face . |
| 7 | In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived . |
| 8 | " I hope you were n't depending on him for a lift , were you ? " he asked Graham . |
| 9 | After a month of storage in a tank or lagoon , the slurry should be safe enough for spreading — although cattle should not graze on it for a month . |
| 10 | I 'd love to see them manage on it for a year |
| 11 | His hands tightened on her for an instant , and then he let her go . |
| 12 | His hand tightened on hers for a moment . |
| 13 | She 'll have to stay on them for a couple of years , more than likely , perhaps for life . |
| 14 | However , there is nothing in Law which prevents a player dropping the ball and then falling on it for a score . |
| 15 | If you go to America you 'll still have to depend on someone for a living . ’ |
| 16 | Even without directly challenging an idea , all one has to do is sit on it for a while , put it in his or her pocket , not respond , find other projects more important — and the change effort will be stalled . |
| 17 | ‘ I was so happy when he kinda stopped chewing on me for a second . ’ |
| 18 | When we received it we thought it was great , but after chewing on them for a while , mum got a bit worried as the pieces we were chewing off looked like hard plastic . |
| 19 | Wew 've been working on it for a long time , polticals issues are nothing to do with us , we 're a commercial company |
| 20 | Jean pondered on it for a day while we held our breath . |