Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [vb pp] on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 2 | Rubie 's Choice appeared to blow up at Marks Tey and should have come on for the race , while Zoe Turner , on her home track , can choose between As You Were and Royal Sting . |
| 3 | If you had n't made me hate you , it might have gone on for months . ’ |
| 4 | We might have gone on for years like that — me combing the streets for you while pretending to be there on other business ! |
| 5 | So as a result papers would fly round of , I 'm afraid , rather a shallow kind — a last minute dash by some bright brain on a subject which very able people in departments and outside advisers might have worked on for months and months and months . |
| 6 | She could have gone on for hours . |
| 7 | I defended myself stoutly by pointing out that the alternative was to break off negotiations , with a dispute that could have gone on for months at great cost to the health of the nation . |
| 8 | Anyway back to main point , so up to retirement quite straightforward , no problem at all and this is why he could have gone on for donkey years without a return of income , his salary goes up of course , it 's picked up in the tax tables , his personal allowances do n't change so they could swan along there for so many years without even looking at his affairs , but then see what happens in the very next tax year , when he has n't had a return and may not get a return for a couple of years . |
| 9 | This terrible matter has brought shame on Leicestershire , and we expect to get to the heart of how it could have gone on for so long , while apparently nobody did anything about it . |
| 10 | Glenn Hoddle says he thinks his team will win because there is a determination running throughout the club and the supporters who were robbed three years ago and could have gone on for another fifty or sixty years waiting a chance like this … |
| 11 | He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years . |
| 12 | Bigsun will have come on for High Easter run |
| 13 | Quick Reaction finished well clear of Bigsun at High Easter , but the latter will have come on for the race , while Shimshek bypassed Ascot on Wednesday and must have every chance here . |