Example sentences of "[to-vb] on for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immigration laws inherited from the former East German state , which were due to expire on January 1st , are being allowed to carry on for Soviet Jews arriving in Berlin . |
| 2 | Well , they 're in detailed discussions , and negotiations are likely to go on for some hours . |
| 3 | Normally , the time is fifteen minutes , and for fifteen minutes it 's five fifty , so if you 've got a lot of hair , it 's quite coarse , it 's going to go on for several months . |
| 4 | You set the a great egg race type topic to work on for three weeks . |
| 5 | There had been no handkerchieves for him to work on for several days and there was not very much to eat for dinner . |
| 6 | Kitchen floors need to be tough enough to withstand all sorts of spills , grease and damp , comfortable enough to stand on for long periods , and handsome to look at . |
| 7 | Never use wicker chairs to stand on for odd jobs around the house . |
| 8 | However , Mrs Thompson vowed to fight on for other landlords even if time ran out for she and her husband . |
| 9 | Peter Wood relinquished the Chairmanship of RBIC , and RBIS , to Chris Pearson , Director of Private and Offshore Banking and Director , South of England in October 1992 when the rapid growth of Direct Line made greater demands on Peter 's time ; Norman , who had been due to retire at that time , was asked to stay on for two years to see the restructuring process completed . |
| 10 | She had already been allowed to stay on for two years beyond the age when she would normally have had to retire . |