Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 2 | The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it . |
| 3 | Leicester wobbled , but they hung on for the record equalling win . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Had they not seen in the evening the clouds in the West with seas and lagoons , and in the night the lights of the canoes as they sail on for ever ? |