Example sentences of "[noun] go on for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 2 | New Scientist published an article with the transfixing title of ‘ The search for scale invariant cosmology ’ , showing that there was a search going on for a deeper understanding of the Universe . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 5 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 6 | Morrell went on for a comfortable victory over three seconds clear of the defending champion , Mark Kirk , of Ballymena . |
| 7 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 8 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 9 | THE WORLD HAS stopped making sense again , and Odilo forgets everything again ( which is probably just as well ) , and the war is over now ( and it seems pretty clear to me that we lost it ) , and life goes on for a little while . |
| 10 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 11 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 12 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 13 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 16 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |