Example sentences of "on for [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This went on for five whole days — |
| 2 | They last won the trophy in 1989 at Dagenham , when they held on for 13 memorable minutes to beat Grays 3–2 and in 1986 the Clarets beat Billericay 3–0 in a two-legged final . |
| 3 | So it went on for two long hours during which the thousands present learned nothing about Fascism except the bravery and pertinacity of its young adherents in dealing with this very perilous situation . " |
| 4 | the room over really but I mean if you can keep your heating on for that little bit of length of time |
| 5 | There was going to be very little room in Frederica Potter 's life from now on for this imposed world of people and chairs you had to have because they were there . |
| 6 | Ring Howard Foster on for this 80-peg match , tickets £5 all in . |
| 7 | There is no automatic electronic cast on for this double rib so E6000 knitters should follow the above instructions . |
| 8 | Playing hard to get is a game which can go on for some considerable time , especially if one has as ardent a suitor as the French . |
| 9 | After these exchanges , fighting in Kurdestan went on for some considerable time . |
| 10 | Most patients ( n=123 ) were operated on for presumed ulcerative colitis but 10 ( 8% ) are now known to have Crohn 's disease and a further 10 ( 8% ) have certain features of Crohn 's disease and have been labelled indeterminate colitis . |