Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think you expect me to spell everything out , oh , just hang on for a moment will you Barbara , fine . |
| 2 | It 's always the programmer — it 's very , very seldom the computer — and if I could just go on for a minute , I feel it 's essential that young children , particularly in the primary schools , get used to using hardware and programing , so that they will see the computer as part of their normal lives , like reading and writing and anything else they use . |
| 3 | It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years . |
| 4 | He went hunting in Grasmere , and often stayed on for a party in the evening after a hunt . |
| 5 | Graham Taylor 's battling heroes could not quite hold on for a win that would have allowed the beleaguered England manager to say ‘ Nuts ’ to his critics . |