Example sentences of "can [vb infin] on for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | First Response have a freephone help-line , manned by trained advisors , which you can ring on for more specialist , individual advice on using both tests . |
2 | One thing you can bet on for sure . ’ |
3 | Erm I have four or five people I can take on for any one of those companies so nobody 's in competition with |
4 | The Hybrid Bill procedure is also relatively speedy — 14 months from the first Channel Tunnel Bill to the final Act — when compared with major pubic inquiries which can drag on for several years . |
5 | This can go on for two hours or more , until all the eggs have been laid . |
6 | This can go on for several hours on a number of occasions two hundred or more eggs have been counted . |
7 | ‘ I can go on for another three or four years yet because I 'm still as fit as a fiddle , ’ he said . |
8 | John looked at his watch , ‘ Come on Mary , we can go on for another ten minutes and I 'd like to find out what is around that bend . ’ |
9 | So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again . |
10 | Playing hard to get is a game which can go on for some considerable time , especially if one has as ardent a suitor as the French . |
11 | One result of this has been a contraction in the value that venture capitalists can put on for particular businesses . |