Example sentences of "on for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas it is obvious that the launch must be abandoned anywhere near the ground , halfway up the launch it is reasonable to hold on for a few seconds to see if the speed picks up again . |
| 2 | The work hummed on for a while . |
| 3 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 4 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 5 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |
| 6 | Parke , 17 , needed all his creativity and courage to hold on for a 15-10 , 9-15 , 15-12 , 15-14 victory just when his resources were beginning to flag . |
| 7 | Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper owner , has submitted a sworn affidavit that Knighton showed him confidential financial details of the club when he offered to sell the Edwards 's shares on for a £6m profit . |
| 8 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Now luck would have it that my drawing was spot on for a guy who drank in The Roebuck . |
| 11 | Whatever his personal misgivings , Valenzuela hid them well and when his compulsory military service ended he signed on for a permanent career in the Air Force . |
| 12 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 13 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 14 | Morrell went on for a comfortable victory over three seconds clear of the defending champion , Mark Kirk , of Ballymena . |
| 15 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 16 | ‘ The likes of her 'll go on for a bit yet , ’ said Jack . |
| 17 | But he said to Bella , ‘ Yes , he told me , after , that he was dead drunk once , in Portsmouth , when he was on leave from the Navy , and he 'd had them tattooed on for a bet . ’ |
| 18 | It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean . |
| 19 | Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub . |
| 20 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 21 | The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time . |
| 22 | These people , I remarked , could pull out of their pockets , thoughtlessly , as much money for a round of drinks as most single parents have to live on for a week ; could pay as much for a few hours ’ sleep as a Third World peasant and his family have to live , or die , on for a year . |
| 23 | These people , I remarked , could pull out of their pockets , thoughtlessly , as much money for a round of drinks as most single parents have to live on for a week ; could pay as much for a few hours ’ sleep as a Third World peasant and his family have to live , or die , on for a year . |
| 24 | You can eat octopus dunked in ouzo in a tiny harbourside taverna before going on for a five star dinner at an international restaurant . |
| 25 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 26 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |
| 27 | There was still enough money and enough going on for a ‘ hot ’ property like Nicholson to walk in and begin making fortunes immediately . |
| 28 | I paid Barry the fifteen dollars we had agreed on for a small , black Andean Equipment daysack to keep my new notebooks in and left him selling jewellery to his tour group . |
| 29 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
| 30 | The management of the large Alhambra Theatre agreed to put this on for a week as a curtain-raiser to a horror film starring Boris Karloff . |