Example sentences of "[vb pp] on for [adj] [noun pl] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Proceedings invariably dragged on for eighteen months . |
| 8 | The conflict has already dragged on for five years ; thousands have died . |
| 9 | ‘ The whole business has dragged on for two weeks already and it looks like going on even longer . |
| 10 | The debate has now gone on for thirty minutes . |
| 11 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | However , she was taken on for six months by the Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in the children 's ward . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The whole penis is then rubbed with 33% calomel ointment which is kept on for several hours . |