Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case came on for hearing at the beginning of April 1992 . |
| 2 | Even when played clean , the notes ring on for longer than you would believe possible . |
| 3 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 4 | The fight went on for about an hour . |
| 5 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 6 | The couriers signed on for courses at two language schools in order to get visas , but were caught when one had his baggage searched at Heathrow . |
| 7 | The transcript goes on for pages and pages , and not a single word was said about any of those increases being phased in . |
| 8 | The festivities went on for days . |
| 9 | ‘ Jerry here will snore his afternoon beer-snore , so I am jus ’ gon na have to put a pillow over my head and pray to God the roof stays on for another winter . ’ |
| 10 | Before the action came on for trial the defendant applied for an adjustment of his liabilities under the Liabilities ( Wartime Adjustment ) Act 1941 . |
| 11 | Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway . |
| 12 | The fighting dragged on for another year , during which time the Nationalist armies occupied Catalonia and the ever-precarious unity of the Republican political forces collapsed . |
| 13 | By the time he got his foot to the brake pedal they were down among the mud and the car slid on for several yards before coming to a halt . |
| 14 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 15 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 16 | The work hummed on for a while . |
| 17 | The shelling went on for about an hour then almost complete silence descended on the area as I continued to stare to my front . |
| 18 | The convention which it produced was signed by 119 delegations but the problems which caused the conference to drag on for so long are anything but solved . |
| 19 | The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory . |
| 20 | The Gaijin rode on for a moment . |
| 21 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 22 | The war went on for over a thousand years . |
| 23 | The war dragged on for decades . |
| 24 | If the war goes on for long , the anxieties will increase . |
| 25 | Even moderate Muslims agree that Mr Azam 's question will become increasingly difficult to answer if the war drags on for months and if the allies damage some of the holy sites of Shia Islam in Iraq . |
| 26 | Some unilateral plant closures can be expected , Campbell predicted — if the crisis goes on for long or gets worse . |
| 27 | The eruption of Krakatoa has some parallels in these respects , for after an impressive opening , the eruption dragged on for a full three months before reaching its climax on 26 and 27 August . |
| 28 | After this final fatal episode the eruption dragged on for many months , lasting well into 1903 . |
| 29 | President dos Santos appealed for the UN to stay on for two or three months after the elections . |
| 30 | The group carried on for another album and a few more singles but the charts were changing , and their time was up . |