Example sentences of "hang [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | So hang on for the ride , Pat . |
2 | But he sat and did n't look up and said , ‘ Hang on for a coach , ’ |
3 | ‘ Hang on for a … |
4 | And so , for 500 dense pages , we hang on for grim death as Hughes ' locomotive intelligence hurtles down the track he has set himself . |
5 | Do you combine it with the weekly ‘ big shop ’ at Sainsbury 's , wait until you fall ill or hang on for the January sales ? |
6 | Shoppers hang on for bargains |
7 | He seemed to have talent too , though the neural induction gauntlet was a bit old-fashioned now , even in Schiaparelli where things hang on for ever . |
8 | Hang on for a second please . |
9 | I think you expect me to spell everything out , oh , just hang on for a moment will you Barbara , fine . |
10 | But hang out for long enough , and something illegal was bound to be made available . |
11 | I hang around for a bit , pretending to look at some writing on the board . |
12 | MARKETING MOVES aside , the fact that Radiohead have barred themselves from the 3,000-sales-and-you're-a-star indie party by signing to EMI means that , as stunning as ‘ Creep ’ sounds , it 'll probably chart at about Number 74 , hang around for a couple of weeks and fall back out again without so much as a whimper . |
13 | ‘ It 's what I hang around for all day , ’ said the poet , ‘ when your mother is doing something useful . ’ |