Example sentences of "[verb] on for two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hunt goes on for two climbers after body is found |
| 2 | Hunt on for two raiders who escaped with £1,000 from Yorkshire Building Society on Allerton Road , Allerton . |
| 3 | But it 's been going on for two years . ’ |
| 4 | He went there and back and do nothing to the people bol er er involved , being consulted and we 've had that going on for two years no consultation here has taken place with the people who it affects and there 's nothing in your motion to say it will . |
| 5 | In another class , a boy is being cross-examined on complaints by both girls and boys in the class that he has been groping them ; it emerges through class discussion that this has been going on for two years . |
| 6 | She hung on for two years , existing on fees for supervising undergraduates and an allowance from her father . |
| 7 | ‘ The whole business has dragged on for two weeks already and it looks like going on even longer . |
| 8 | This can go on for two hours or more , until all the eggs have been laid . |
| 9 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
| 10 | So popular was this concert that there was no admission charge , only a collection , as it went on for two evenings , but strangely enough , David did n't offer to take part , although George Underwood did and he had a very popular group called George and the Dragons at the time . |
| 11 | This went on for two weeks . |
| 12 | thrashed them out of sight , could n't fucking believe it , when you 've seen a pool table , erm , pool game go on for two hours , that 's when you know you |
| 13 | The WRU and its leading 18 clubs are deadlocked over the issue of leagues , with no sign of a thaw in the cold war between the two bodies which has gone on for two years . |
| 14 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |
| 15 | Peter Wood relinquished the Chairmanship of RBIC , and RBIS , to Chris Pearson , Director of Private and Offshore Banking and Director , South of England in October 1992 when the rapid growth of Direct Line made greater demands on Peter 's time ; Norman , who had been due to retire at that time , was asked to stay on for two years to see the restructuring process completed . |
| 16 | She had already been allowed to stay on for two years beyond the age when she would normally have had to retire . |
| 17 | The Sergeant and the Constable had continued on for two steps through the door towards their senior officer without realising that they had left Jimmy behind . |
| 18 | He carried on for two days but finally , in excruciating pain , had to go to hospital when a splint was put on his damaged limb . |
| 19 | The result was controversy between Vienna and St Petersburg which dragged on for two decades . |