Example sentences of "[verb] on for [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afraid that she might have hurt Nora , who was sitting very quietly , Louise added , ‘ Of course , she 'll miss you but I do think she could stay on for a little longer , to see what might happen . ’ |
| 2 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 3 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 4 | They get typically twice or two and a half times the salaries that our people get and that 's being going on for a very long time . |
| 5 | It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer . |
| 6 | You 're talking about some forms of abuse which went on for a very very long time indeed to pull the average up like that . |