Example sentences of "go on [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The roof goes on in a few tumultuous hours . |
| 2 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 3 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 4 | I can go on for a few more days . |
| 5 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 6 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 7 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 8 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 9 | One possibility is to choose two or three at a time , as above , and then go on to a few others . |