Example sentences of "[to-vb] on for [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the Secretary of State agree that it is vital that the public inquiry in Leicestershire establishes the circumstances that permitted the regime of terror to go on for so long and that permitted complaints made by the children to be ignored for long ? |
| 2 | but of course that does n't leave me much to talk about , becau , however he managed to go on for about ten minutes |
| 3 | That 's why it is expensive compared to eh , other cars , but , they , they seemed to go on for ever those cars , I mean they 're quite incredible are n't they ? |
| 4 | Although its voluntary recruits diminished , the order had managed to limp on for nearly two centuries under Ixmarity 's watchful eye . |
| 5 | So West Indies won by an innings and 156 runs ; yet had England managed to hold on for just another three or four minutes they would have got a draw , for the heavens opened and further play would have been impossible . |