Example sentences of "[verb] on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food , of course , remains a topic of passionate concern — the focus of minor complaints and disagreements which rumble on for long periods — and outbursts of contentment which are extremely short-lived . |
| 2 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 3 | The grass seemed to flow on for ever like a millpond sea . |
| 4 | These are extreme cases , but competition for business clients between travel companies is keen and the services laid on for business travellers are considerable and proclaimed through high pressure marketing . |
| 5 | Harry himself scored 53 League goals for Palace and two in the FA Cup ; how many he laid on for other forwards we can only guess at . |
| 6 | Usually I caught the bus , and then returned in the evening on one of the several RAF trucks laid on for our use . |
| 7 | Even now , there are those churlish souls who mourn the fact that Lovesexy is not a There 's a Riot Goin' On for the eighties . |
| 8 | There 's a racket goin' on , Aggie ; but you know as well as me it 's been goin' on for years . |
| 9 | One can say that Niki continued to drive on for McLaren in 1985 . |
| 10 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 11 | William lived on for a further 16 years after that , into the reign of George V and the First World War . |
| 12 | Emma Cons lived on for another twelve years , continuing to work at her housing projects : but a new chapter had opened in the history of what was to become the Old Vic , as Lilian Baylis began to programme it for early films and then light opera and later Shakespeare . |
| 13 | Er , her father lived on for another six years . |
| 14 | On rehearsal , when our cue came through , we heard him say ‘ I am a sea-gull at the Port of Vancouver ’ instead of the ‘ Fitzpatrick Travelogue ’ script agreed on for this part of the show . |
| 15 | She stopped for a moment , and put her shoes back on for walking on the hard tarmac . |
| 16 | They have n't put repeat on for that . |
| 17 | After the deluge , life goes on for trout |
| 18 | The show always goes on for Shirley |
| 19 | The street goes on for ages , but it 's pretty interesting . |
| 20 | If the war goes on for long , the anxieties will increase . |
| 21 | Be aware of the time limit : no election campaign goes on for more than three or four weeks in the United Kingdom — be glad about that ! |
| 22 | Some unilateral plant closures can be expected , Campbell predicted — if the crisis goes on for long or gets worse . |
| 23 | Verbal presentations often fail because the speaker tries to cram too much into too short a time , or goes on for far too long . |
| 24 | The search now goes on for cancers over a wider area . |
| 25 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 26 | The room has no corners , no walls — it goes on for ever , it merges with a moonlit garden . |
| 27 | The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory . |
| 28 | It sometimes cures itself , or sometimes goes on for years . |
| 29 | So the good life goes on for George . |
| 30 | As the hunt goes on for the missing millions of the family 's crashed empire , Pandora , 32 , beamed as she declared : ‘ People will probably wonder how on earth Kevin managed it with all he 's got on his mind . ’ |