Example sentences of "on for [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the total 79 referrals received between October 1987 and March 1988 , the NSPCC team dealt with 50 cases alone , jointly investigated one with social services department staff and referred the remainder on for various reasons for example , secondary task work . |
| 2 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 3 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 4 | Never use wicker chairs to stand on for odd jobs around the house . |
| 5 | Have cockpit master switch and Pitot heat switch ON for prescribed time before checking that Pitot and static sources are in fact being heated . |
| 6 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |