Example sentences of "on for a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
| 2 | You know they were only being taken on for a couple of months and they , they wanted to form a trade union but quite a lot of the tra er father Christmases would n't join a trade union . |
| 3 | She put the kettle on for a cup of coffee . |
| 4 | Half way through Edward gave up , scraped the rest into Tam 's food bowl and put the kettle on for a cup of tea ; behind him , Tam slurped as though rescued from the brink of starvation . |
| 5 | Mrs. Feather says : " I 'll put the kettle on for a cup of tea . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've got the kettle on for a cup of tea . ’ |
| 7 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
| 8 | ‘ You 're to ride Shine On for a spot of work . ’ |
| 9 | This output is in turn fed to a monostable made up from NAND gates IC4c , IC4d which is turned on for a period of a few milliseconds determined by the values of resistor R17 and capacitor C4 . |
| 10 | Caducius had been found by Alexander McKenn and Maurice Harknett in the 1960s and dived on for a period of time before being forgotten . |
| 11 | The Governor Eyre controversy dragged on for a number of years , creating deep divisions within respectable society . |
| 12 | It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years . |
| 13 | Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub . |