Example sentences of "[verb] on [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had hoped to carry on here for another two weeks , but the Jockey Club have told me to stop , ’ said the Epping-born rider . |
| 2 | Chairman Russell Nicolson said after two years of downturn ‘ growth has now resumed and will carry on strongly for many years ’ . |
| 3 | it 's going on now for seven weeks |
| 4 | After they had been searching and moving on quietly for some time , they reached a place from which they could see that the field below them broadened out . |
| 5 | Fair enough I must say I 'd have given it to Whitlow myself but it does n't really matter as far a Leicester fans are concerned as long as they can hold on here for another two minutes now . |
| 6 | Beyond that , we are into the final , open stage of adult or continuing education , which may go on intermittently for many years , compensating for missed opportunities , updating and extending existing skills , or opening up new fields of interest and expertise altogether . |
| 7 | All that turbulence went on elsewhere for each and this third circle linking two others was its own territory . |
| 8 | As for our music sessions and lessons , they went on intermittently for several years until eventually the drums were abandoned , put away for the sake of both higher education and marriage . |
| 9 | Well , that 's been dragging on now for three or four weeks erm . |
| 10 | The troubles in Kent dragged on sporadically for some two years ; in August 1450 a certain William Parmenter virtually proclaimed himself Cade 's successor by calling himself the second captain of Kent , in April 1451 there were troubles fomented by Henry Hasilden , and in May 1452 there was yet further disorder ( 42 ) . |