Example sentences of "[vb past] on for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On rehearsal , when our cue came through , we heard him say ‘ I am a sea-gull at the Port of Vancouver ’ instead of the ‘ Fitzpatrick Travelogue ’ script agreed on for this part of the show . |
| 2 | The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it . |
| 3 | Such hopes as there may have been — American , French , even Vietminh — of a cease-fire or negotiated settlement lingered on for several months but once the French had begun fighting they presented their case , modestly , that military operations were designed with no thought of reconquest but simply to persuade the Vietminh that they had no hope of victory . |
| 4 | But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come . |
| 5 | He came on for one match at least . |
| 6 | Robert was a replacement in the Currie Cup final and came on for young Johan Roux in the second half . |
| 7 | If the green light came on for either project , the paper would go straight to capitalization as a commercial company . |
| 8 | The controversy smouldered on for several years fuelled by the entrenched views of some of the judges . |
| 9 | MOTORIST David Millen drove on for three miles after an accident — with a severed arm hanging by a thread from his shoulder . |
| 10 | Coleridge introduced his friends to the steep woodland track leading from Porlock Weir to Culbone , and together they walked on for four miles beneath the trees , before emerging close to Broomstreet Farm and Yenworthy . |
| 11 | They walked on for several paces in silence . |
| 12 | She hung on for two years , existing on fees for supervising undergraduates and an allowance from her father . |
| 13 | Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show . |
| 14 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
| 15 | He insisted on trying to go it alone and lurched against the bannister where he hung on for dear life . |
| 16 | ‘ You hung on for twelve years . ’ |
| 17 | McGoldrick signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and said : ‘ The boss has outlined his plans , but he has n't guaranteed me a first-team place . ’ |
| 18 | McGoldrick signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and said : ‘ I 'm delighted it 's all gone through so smoothly . ’ |
| 19 | The Crystal Palace star signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and admitted : ‘ The manager has outlined his plans , but he has n't guaranteed me a first-team place . ’ |
| 20 | as if nothing had happened , the Valkyrie flew on for sixteen seconds . |
| 21 | Wood changed the compass course and flew on for 20 minutes , but their next bearing from Darwin indicated that they were even further north of track . |
| 22 | General SVQs at levels II and III , on the other hand , are available in each of the five occupational areas decided on for initial development ( see page 1 ) . |
| 23 | These went on for fifteen minutes , again under the hard gaze of Sister Mary . |
| 24 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 25 | The battles went on for four days that August and at least thirty-four people were killed . |
| 26 | The war between England and Spain went on for sixteen years after the defeat of the Armada , with a good deal of the English effort being undertaken by private ventures like Drake 's ( though they were easier to acknowledge once war had begun officially ) . |
| 27 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 28 | Though modern readers might wish to repay Mr Ruskin 's ‘ hard work ’ recorded in a 1854 entry , with hard labour , the practice of dismembering books went on for many centuries . |
| 29 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 30 | 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 . |