Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] three [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I think that part of our business makes it more difficult because ah the purchase of Allied Carpets by Carpetland is the space of the market at a fairly speedy rate and I personally believe other retailers will have the policy to sub-let surface areas in the next few years so it 's something we got on with three years ago and very pleased we did it . |
2 | Having been placed on to three lengths of webbing , six men would be required to lift the shell and put it into the case ; the webs were then cut , as it would not have been possible to withdraw them . |
3 | You set the a great egg race type topic to work on for three weeks . |
4 | MOTORIST David Millen drove on for three miles after an accident — with a severed arm hanging by a thread from his shoulder . |
5 | of patients operated on within three months of their names appearing on the register ? |
6 | mm , mm in any event members of the jury I , I forgot to mention to you earlier , er , thank you Mr you probably feel a wisdom of this having done several days of this case , two and a half hours is just about as long as anybody can be expected to sit and listen to evidence and er , what I was going to do , and I hope it does n't inconvenience anybody , I was going , instead of going on for three hours till one o'clock , I was gon na break off about half past twelve to about half past one , to break up the day as you know , I hope that 's alright , so what we 'll do we 'll go on now and , and I 'm sure , I think it 's doubtful if you would have got to that point by half past twelve , and then you and Lord sort it out and your learned duties as much as you can in the adjournment and then tell me afterwards what the brochure position is , I 'm sure you 've no objection to disclosing any brochures that you 've got that erm , or can get er which relate to that point |
7 | Twice as large as the Atlantic and getting on for three times the size of the Indian Ocean , it is bigger than all the land surface of the earth , including Antarctica , and with Africa counted twice . |
8 | I am less sure about the Andantino grazioso , which could be more relaxed than here ; it 's as if the performers are anxious that this longish ( and to be honest , maybe too long ) movement should not outstay its welcome , and even here it lasts getting on for three minutes longer than either of the others . |
9 | They had to walk , and a real hike it was — getting on for three miles I think . |
10 | The floods were brought on by three days of continuous torrential rains in the north which had begun on Sept. 8 , and spread quickly through parts of the Punjab and Sind , threatening sites of historic interest , engulfing thousands of villages and inundating vast acres of cropland . |
11 | But the Queen will see just about every past and present RAF aircraft a flypast which will go on for three quarters of an hour . |
12 | Lectures often began as early as 5 or 6 a.m. in the summer ( 7 a.m. in the winter ) , and sometimes the first lecture went on for three hours , no provision being made for any food before 10 a.m . |
13 | This went on for three hours , by which time they 'd attracted a sizeable body of fans into the hotel foyer , much to the consternation of the management who had to call the police to break up the party . |
14 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
15 | They went on for three hours before she fell asleep , exhausted but more relaxed than since her husband died . |
16 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |
17 | We maybe actually go on like three weeks . |
18 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
19 | At this point the rear wheel will probably be off the ground and the weight of the rider and machine will be thrown on to three points — the front tyre and the rider 's two wrists . |
20 | Despite soldiering on for three days she finally admitted defeat when frostbite of the labia majora forced her to abandon the job . |
21 | This bottom time display remains on for three seconds , then reverts to normal dive display for 10 seconds , and so the sequence continues . |
22 | Louise came up for the funeral and stayed on for three weeks to give moral support . |