Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] [adv prt] for [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Bantam has gone back for nearly 400,000 Maya Angelou paperbacks . |
2 | This separation has gone on for far too long . |
3 | Pauchling the figures has gone on for so long that even the newscasters have got sloppy , mostly failing to add the rider that the bald headcount does not include anybody excluded from claiming benefit for whatever reason . |
4 | ‘ I felt that if the game had gone on for just five more minutes , then we could even have won it . |
5 | Trent had wanted out for so long — out of the secrecy and isolation . |
6 | The feudal Prussian Junkers , whose estates had limped on for as long as anyone could remember , were hit particularly hard by the Corridor . |
7 | This saga has gone on for quite some time . |
8 | Now an appeal has gone out for more than 100 of the former workers to lodge applications for payment , no matter the circumstances of their claim . |