Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [prep] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , can hang on to that for me ? |
| 2 | We could only carry on like this for so long , and it all depended on how well we could sleep during the day . |
| 3 | It would probably carry on like this for at least another hour , and then the first of the departures would begin ; the ones with an early start in the morning , the ones with teenaged babysitters , the ones who rarely went out anyway … an hour after that they 'd be down to the hard core , and an hour after that it would just be a case of guiding out those last drunks who were too far-gone to find the door . |
| 4 | She can go on like that for hours if she is n't stopped ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 7 | Masklin knew that they could go on like this for hours . |
| 8 | This is it , Middle Age , and it will go on like this for the next thirty-six years until , without any big deal , without even noticing probably , it will be Old Age and we 'll still be sitting here . |
| 9 | We ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |