Example sentences of "[vb pp] on for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason they are not so popular with knitters who have standard gauge machines and they do n't seem to have caught on for chunky machines , possibly because they are too thick for the former and not thick enough for the latter . |
| 2 | No doubt he himself would have difficulties : but he thought that the Conservatives , without entering into any general undertaking , would support his Government , which would not embark upon any extravagant legislation ; and in this way the King 's Government might be carried on for another Session or even longer . |
| 3 | If Attlee had carried on for another year , and the economy had turned round , Labour might still be in power . |
| 4 | Three operations did not succeed in curing his glaucoma , and he had to give up his business in 1878 , although it was carried on for some years by his daughters , Eleanor , Elizabeth , and Catherine , as E. E. Dancer & Company . |
| 5 | Bigsun will have come on for High Easter run |
| 6 | Dry off gladioli corms in trays , then remove very small cormlets that have developed around the base — these will eventually flower , but only when grown on for several years . |
| 7 | Those that you think are worth persevering with can be grown on for another year , getting a second chance to bloom . |
| 8 | In the illustration the trial phase is turned on for fixed times and the rate of current rise , and corresponding rotor position , is deduced from the current level attained at the end of the trial . |
| 9 | By the end of the 1970s , such of these early headhunting characters who still survived could be found occupying the positions of non-executive directors and chairmen of search firms , lending respectability and weight but not necessarily being called on for practical help ; by the 1980s most had disappeared . |
| 10 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5-micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all due to arrive next year . |
| 11 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5 micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all of which are due to arrive next year . |
| 12 | Proceedings invariably dragged on for eighteen months . |
| 13 | The conflict has already dragged on for five years ; thousands have died . |
| 14 | ‘ The whole business has dragged on for two weeks already and it looks like going on even longer . |
| 15 | The debate has now gone on for thirty minutes . |
| 16 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 20 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 21 | It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long . |
| 22 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
| 23 | Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’ |
| 24 | Lice can be cleared best with special lotions which evaporate on contact with the scalp and should be left on for 12 hours before shampooing away . |
| 25 | However , she was taken on for six months by the Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in the children 's ward . |
| 26 | He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play . |
| 27 | The industry is still stuffed with excess capacity , mostly taken on for Big Bang and the freak year of boom that followed ( until the 1987 crash ) . |
| 28 | Any push-stick could have sandpaper glued on for additional grip . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | that that green was n't put on for that competition . |