Example sentences of "on [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It could be that er he wishes to distract attention between the interesting arguments going on about one man one vote which I 'm pleased to hear that Mr has won . |
2 | Life has arisen on about one planet per galaxy ( in our galaxy , Earth is the lucky planet ) . |
3 | Follow on between two fences with lichen-encrusted hawthorn trees on the right . |
4 | Proceedings invariably dragged on for eighteen months . |
5 | And friendship with Clan Diarmaid , that we 've been fighting off and on for five generations ! |
6 | Let him go ’ , so the interpreter sat down and M. Ver carried on for five minutes more . |
7 | Just leave lotion on for five minutes . |
8 | Efforts to procure his extradition , which have been going on for five years , and which seemed for a time to have been successful , have now been thwarted , at least for the moment . |
9 | Is he aware that the negotiations have been going on for five years , that we must have a replacement for the multi-fibre arrangement that will enable our textiles to penetrate the markets of countries which do not allow any textiles in and those with tariffs of 200 per cent. , and that even the United States has a tariff of 36 per cent . |
10 | The conflict has already dragged on for five years ; thousands have died . |
11 | ‘ Got to observe strict ARP , you see , Miss , though here we are gettin' on for five months of war and not a peep out of a Jerry plane . |
12 | Negotiations had been going on for 17 months before the strike . |
13 | The lights are on for twelve hours a day , and filtration is by two Fluval 4s . |
14 | Yeah the other the other factor is now that that data is getting on for twelve months old |
15 | ‘ You hung on for twelve years . ’ |
16 | Leek out , had this heart trouble , and he 'd been in the Signals about oh ten year , he , he was on for twelve engagement and he nearly completed it when he had this heart trouble . |
17 | I now leave the lights on for eight hours a day . |
18 | That did not settle the matter , which ran on for eight years more , long after Ramsey left the diocese of Durham . |
19 | ‘ And these unveilings have been going on for eight years ? |
20 | It was not that unpleasant memories were evoked , for these were always with him , his existence was inseparable from that old bitterness , but that a sight of the house , even the glimpse of a photograph , revived the precise feelings he had had — why , it must be getting on for eleven years ago . |
21 | It must be getting on for eleven years now since … ’ |
22 | as if nothing had happened , the Valkyrie flew on for sixteen seconds . |
23 | The war between England and Spain went on for sixteen years after the defeat of the Armada , with a good deal of the English effort being undertaken by private ventures like Drake 's ( though they were easier to acknowledge once war had begun officially ) . |
24 | So she says they usually put schedules on for fourteen month for the next ten months , twelve months . |
25 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
26 | Describing the American feature film , The Last Temptation of Christ , to which he awarded a certificate , as a challenging religious film he said that acontroversial scene : ‘ It indicated that Christ had sex , but it did not go on for 14 minutes . ’ |
27 | These went on for fifteen minutes , again under the hard gaze of Sister Mary . |
28 | I 've done it since I was , well it 's getting on for fifteen years now . |
29 | How to use : Apply a thin layer to the face and neck and leave on for 10–15 minutes . |
30 | Apply to face and neck , leave on for 10–15 minutes and rinse off with cool water . |