Example sentences of "[to-vb] on for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 2 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 3 | She was asked to hang on for a moment . |
| 4 | These people , I remarked , could pull out of their pockets , thoughtlessly , as much money for a round of drinks as most single parents have to live on for a week ; could pay as much for a few hours ’ sleep as a Third World peasant and his family have to live , or die , on for a year . |
| 5 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |
| 6 | Would he care to stay on for a bite to eat ? |
| 7 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 8 | Time to move on for a while , bur where ? |
| 9 | erm there are times , perhaps , when one feels this is a little bit dull and wants to skip on for a page or two , but I suspect that that is the case with most novels that one would want to read nowadays . |