Example sentences of "[vb past] on [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never really planned on feeding for this long — it just happened . |
| 2 | One even insisted on continuing for longer . |
| 3 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 4 | They sat on arguing for three hours while Ella went into the other end of the house and sang quietly to the baby and wee Alex came home filthy from playing and sat drowsily beside the fire , chewing at the bones of the fowl . |
| 5 | Why she stayed on waiting for that phone call Leith could n't have said , though she thought her very large concern about paying her mortgage had something to do with it . |