Example sentences of "on [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 32 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 33 | Fergus drove on for a while . |
| 34 | The Shah said that he was staying on for a while , not flying immediately either to the States back to Egypt . |
| 35 | Jenny let them spin on for a while ; but she was above all things a sensible girl and had no desire to find herself irretrievably stuck . |
| 36 | Erm , that carried on for a while , I thought I was doing very very well , being able to do a job like that . |
| 37 | Then I let her warble on for a while about the trials of high office , and feign interest in titbits of gossip from the upper echelons . |
| 38 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 39 | Staying on for a while |
| 40 | Time to move on for a while , bur where ? |
| 41 | The reminders of the V-Force will live on for a while yet until the Victors are retired so perhaps we will see more of this not unimpressive aircraft in 1993 . |
| 42 | ‘ He seemed to think the meeting might go on for a while . ’ |
| 43 | Pétain , he recommended , should now be put in command not only of the Left Bank , but of the Right Bank as well ; the ‘ fatigued ’ General Herr should be kept on for a while as Pétain 's adviser , then quietly ‘ limogé ’ . |
| 44 | ‘ It has been going on for a while — but not on the scale it is happening now . |
| 45 | Put that heater on then would you that one on for a while just before they come . |
| 46 | carried on for a while realized in the end he had to come back |
| 47 | she 's not on for a while |
| 48 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 49 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 50 | After clocking on for a night shift they did not start work immediately but went instead to the canteen for a cup of tea . |
| 51 | ‘ An officer signalled for her to stop but she carried on for a mile and mounted the kerb on one occasion , ’ Tony Malyon , prosecuting , told Pontypool magistrates . |
| 52 | After we finished recording , Elizabeth stayed on for a drink , which was a bonus . |
| 53 | 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 . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | The kettle went on for a lunchtime brew-up before we tackled the group of small , uninhabited islands which lie west of Whalsay : Nacka Skerry , Nista , Mooa , Isbister Holm ( the only place in Shetland where sea-aster grows ) , East Linga and Grif Skerry . |
| 57 | The 21-year-old international , also a forward , clocks on for a trial period today , 24 hours after the arrival of Norway 's star striker , Tore Andre Dahlum of Rosenberg , who started a week 's trial yesterday . |
| 58 | Twenty-four hours after training , there was getting on for a sixty-per-cent increase in the numbers of spines to be found on the dendrites in the left IMHV ( but almost no effect in the right ) . |
| 59 | If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer . |
| 60 | ‘ The likes of her 'll go on for a bit yet , ’ said Jack . |