Example sentences of "[vb past] on for [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come . |
| 3 | He came on for one match at least . |
| 4 | Robert was a replacement in the Currie Cup final and came on for young Johan Roux in the second half . |
| 5 | If the green light came on for either project , the paper would go straight to capitalization as a commercial company . |
| 6 | Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He insisted on trying to go it alone and lurched against the bannister where he hung on for dear life . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | It sounded vaguely political , chiefly because it went on for some while . |
| 11 | They went on for some way in silence . |
| 12 | This went on for some time , but when it was finished , the daughter started crying again , this time tears of remorse , grieving for the mother who had died , and grieving for the relationship that she had never had . |
| 13 | This movement , which went on for some time , gave Franca ( and Ludens agreed with her later ) the sense that Marcus was actually creating Patrick . |
| 14 | This went on for some time , until the dog 's master came to the door . |
| 15 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 16 | It was a quite hard movement , dragging the flesh this way and that , and it went on for some time , perhaps ten minutes . |
| 17 | The lame recital went on for some time , while Jerome , piteously small and shrunken and wretched , kneeled in Rhun 's supple , generous arm , with that radiant , silent face beside him , to point searing differences . |
| 18 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 19 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
| 20 | This went on for some time , with Dr Neil fencing politely , Matey looking grim , and Norton sighing in counterpoint to la Darrell . |
| 21 | This went on for some time . |
| 22 | The dog-handlers struggled on for another hour but then they , too , gave up . |
| 23 | She carried on for another year and then died suddenly from a heart attack . |
| 24 | The group carried on for another album and a few more singles but the charts were changing , and their time was up . |
| 25 | The fighting dragged on for another year , during which time the Nationalist armies occupied Catalonia and the ever-precarious unity of the Republican political forces collapsed . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps even die , ’ she tacked on for good measure . |
| 27 | Rather than alight at the Gare du Nord railway terminal , they stayed on for another stop , leaving at Châtelet in the centre of the city . |