Example sentences of "on for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The managing director of Oxford United said the club will fight on for a new stadium , despite planning problems .
2 With Horton and his assistant David Moss gone … the search is on for a new management team … what happens now … that 's what managing director Keith Cox has got to decide
3 With Horton and his assistant David Moss gone … the search is on for a new management team … what happens now … that 's what managing director Keith Cox has got to decide
4 THERE was much early enthusiasm from both sides in this senior friendly at Hamilton Park with visitors Portadown just hanging on for a narrow victory .
5 The gayer , shorter girls would come on for a general dance to the Gavotte .
6 The court had heard that Rhys had now been accepted for a transplant operation at a Bristol hospital and the search was on for a suitable bone marrow donor .
7 He has now been accepted for a transplant operation at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the search is on for a suitable bone marrow donor .
8 Behind the scenes , apparently unknown to the minister and BT , there is a hunt on for a suitable candidate , probably Prince Philip or Prince Charles .
9 But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside .
10 In patient 10 , who had been operated on for a bleeding ulcer seven years previously , a gastric lymphoma was diagnosed on the basis of biopsy specimens .
11 A visitor to a public house who is asked to stay on for a private party by the landlord will remain a visitor .
12 I tell you what I 'll do — I 'll pop downstairs and put the kettle on for a good cup of tea . ’
13 Specialist series : These programmes are usually on for a limited period and cover specialist subjects such as holidays , motoring , food and wine or industry .
14 I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration .
15 They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey .
16 It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline .
17 History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War .
18 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 .
19 This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day .
20 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 .
21 ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards .
22 It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says .
23 The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games .
24 This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
25 ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’
26 ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police .
27 ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time .
28 ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest .
29 That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load .
30 The list could go on for a long time .
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