Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] [adv] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he would probably stay on for about two years after the tunnel opens for passenger traffic , probably next summer , and would then take a very long holiday . |
| 2 | The argument ground on for almost two years , in a mood of escalating resentment and bitterness . |
| 3 | The search for Louise Butler had been going on for over two days . |
| 4 | The affair had been going on for nearly two years . |
| 5 | Although its voluntary recruits diminished , the order had managed to limp on for nearly two centuries under Ixmarity 's watchful eye . |
| 6 | The careers of other scholars of the period who reached the highest mevleviyets likewise suggest that by this time teaching on at least two levels of medreses beyond the Sahn had become customary , the top level being composed of the Suleymaniye medreses and the later imperial medreses , such as those of Selim II and Murad III . |
| 7 | In order to make it suitable , Minto believed that it would be necessary to build on at least two extra rooms . |
| 8 | These began around 1947 and went on for about two years . |
| 9 | This went on for about two hours , and then they got into their boats and sailed away . |
| 10 | Right now I do n't want to get you up I want to encourage you to set your alarm for seven o'clock , quite low , and when I come on at about two minutes past just snuggle up to your wireless and enjoy the music and the news and the views about the religious scene in and around North Yorkshire and beyond . |
| 11 | Terry had written out a very detailed plan for a farm-school project for juvenile offenders that he had been working on for almost two years . |