Example sentences of "on [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 32 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 33 | That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load . |
| 34 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 35 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 36 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 37 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 38 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 39 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 40 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
| 41 | That went on for a long time . |
| 42 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 43 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 44 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 45 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 46 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |
| 47 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 48 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 49 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 50 | This went on for a long time . |
| 51 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 52 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 53 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 54 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 55 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 56 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 57 | She had to leave the floor , they had to walk , that 's right , they had to walk on the concrete floor without tiles on for a long time |
| 58 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 59 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 60 | Infra-red detectors are very effective devices — they react to body heat , and will leave lights on for a predetermined time after they first sense body heat . |