Example sentences of "[verb] on for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I very much hope that both you and your husband will stay on for the wedding . |
| 2 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |
| 3 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 4 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 5 | Started as they meant to go on for the holiday . |
| 6 | Clearly Helen has looked for ‘ explanations ’ to help her deal with such a painful experience , and the one she seems to have come up with is that she was picked on for the way she looks . |
| 7 | Take that form literally and there is only one winner on Saturday as Bonanza Boy is bound to have come on for the outing . |
| 8 | Rubie 's Choice appeared to blow up at Marks Tey and should have come on for the race , while Zoe Turner , on her home track , can choose between As You Were and Royal Sting . |
| 9 | Quick Reaction finished well clear of Bigsun at High Easter , but the latter will have come on for the race , while Shimshek bypassed Ascot on Wednesday and must have every chance here . |
| 10 | I do n't know how much pressure we put on for the police to get off their butts and do something . |
| 11 | We did a production of The Caretaker , which I designed , directed and in which I played on for the characters . ’ |
| 12 | There seemed only one answer , for India had seldom boasted fast bowlers of sufficient quality to operate much beyond the first half-dozen shine-removing overs before the spinners came on for the rest of the innings . |
| 13 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 14 | They tell us what 's been happening on the unit that we 're going to be working on , so that we know what 's been going on for the morning . ’ |
| 15 | In the West End there seems at the moment a tendency to rely too much on the goodwill of actors which is often accompanied by a failure to maintain a true interest in what is going on for the actor . |
| 16 | Do you combine it with the weekly ‘ big shop ’ at Sainsbury 's , wait until you fall ill or hang on for the January sales ? |
| 17 | So hang on for the ride , Pat . |
| 18 | I eased down , just holding on for the silver medal , but it was the end of my Commonwealth Games . |
| 19 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 20 | I gritted my teeth and hung on for the climb up to Ana 's Cross on the peak of Spaunton Moor . |
| 21 | Leicester wobbled , but they hung on for the record equalling win . |
| 22 | Other events have been laid on for the old-timers , including a tour on Wednesday of Craigantlet hillclimb , one of the oldest events in the British championship , and an autotest at Ballywalter on Thursday afternoon . |
| 23 | A buffet lunch was laid on for the advisers , a chicken leg , various meat-filled butties , an apple and a large Kit-Kat . |
| 24 | The High Sheriff of Cornwall , Sir John Trelawney , opened an ornamental gate with a silver key and a free tea was laid on for the children of the surrounding parishes . |
| 25 | When Kent played Surrey in 1890 a fine spread was laid on for the gentlemen but the professionals ‘ were left to shift for themselves , and thought themselves lucky to get a bit of bread and cheese ’ . |
| 26 | It rumbled on for the rest of the week . |
| 27 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 28 | This tragic game can go on for the rest of their lives or one of them can decide enough is enough and withdraw . |
| 29 | Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway . |
| 30 | By twelve o'clock he had usually earned enough to live on for the day . |