Example sentences of "[be] on for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 2 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 3 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 4 | ‘ You 're on for a fiver . ’ |
| 5 | Her mother wo n't survive … so the hunt is on for a fostermum . |
| 6 | Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub . |
| 7 | THE search is on for a dog fit for a queen and the auditions are to be held in Darlington . |
| 8 | It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean . |