Example sentences of "on for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly Helen has looked for ‘ explanations ’ to help her deal with such a painful experience , and the one she seems to have come up with is that she was picked on for the way she looks . |
| 2 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 3 | By twelve o'clock he had usually earned enough to live on for the day . |
| 4 | Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're on for the night then ? ’ |
| 6 | A British double-century looks very much on for the 11-times South African champion , who was the first man to achieve that feat in his native land . |
| 7 | Cusworth , England 's former stand-off who still turns it on for the Tigers , leaves for a fortnight 's holiday next week . |
| 8 | A buffet lunch was laid on for the advisers , a chicken leg , various meat-filled butties , an apple and a large Kit-Kat . |
| 9 | Take that form literally and there is only one winner on Saturday as Bonanza Boy is bound to have come on for the outing . |
| 10 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 11 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 12 | Do you combine it with the weekly ‘ big shop ’ at Sainsbury 's , wait until you fall ill or hang on for the January sales ? |
| 13 | They used to put the cloth on for the winter and take it off during the summer . |
| 14 | Usually , a band or artist will have only a short working life in which to earn sufficient money to live on for the rest of their lives . |
| 15 | Eight cars were illuminated , including car 3 of 1885 ( see p. 37 ) , and the lights were kept on for the rest of the season to enhance the scene . |
| 16 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 17 | It rumbled on for the rest of the week . |
| 18 | There seemed only one answer , for India had seldom boasted fast bowlers of sufficient quality to operate much beyond the first half-dozen shine-removing overs before the spinners came on for the rest of the innings . |
| 19 | How she missed that time — those few weeks , which now she would have to live on for the rest of her life . |
| 20 | This tragic game can go on for the rest of their lives or one of them can decide enough is enough and withdraw . |
| 21 | When the school closed , they kept the animals on for the toddlers in the local playgroups . |
| 22 | The voice he puts on for the customers , you would think he was in daily contact with the Lord Mayor or the Duke . |
| 23 | So I 'm zooming down , which I thought must have been fifty mile an hour , but it was probably only about five really , or ten , but er put the brake on for the platform to stop , no chance , it just kept going . |
| 24 | And I 'm sure Miinnehoma will come on for the race , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Rubie 's Choice appeared to blow up at Marks Tey and should have come on for the race , while Zoe Turner , on her home track , can choose between As You Were and Royal Sting . |
| 26 | Quick Reaction finished well clear of Bigsun at High Easter , but the latter will have come on for the race , while Shimshek bypassed Ascot on Wednesday and must have every chance here . |
| 27 | Sixty extra Scottish Office staff have been taken on for the agriculture department 's area offices , plus a further 30 at its Edinburgh headquarters . |
| 28 | But until the inquiry decides , it 's hats on for the ramblers . |
| 29 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
| 30 | Right , the search is on for the person in the team who told me that Larry Adler 's birthday was today , and not February the tenth . |