Example sentences of "[adj] go on for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 2 | This went on for two weeks . |
| 3 | This went on for some time , but when it was finished , the daughter started crying again , this time tears of remorse , grieving for the mother who had died , and grieving for the relationship that she had never had . |
| 4 | This went on for some time , until the dog 's master came to the door . |
| 5 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
| 6 | This went on for some time , with Dr Neil fencing politely , Matey looking grim , and Norton sighing in counterpoint to la Darrell . |
| 7 | This went on for some time . |
| 8 | This went on for three hours , by which time they 'd attracted a sizeable body of fans into the hotel foyer , much to the consternation of the management who had to call the police to break up the party . |
| 9 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
| 10 | He went there and back and do nothing to the people bol er er involved , being consulted and we 've had that going on for two years no consultation here has taken place with the people who it affects and there 's nothing in your motion to say it will . |
| 11 | Well , they 're in detailed discussions , and negotiations are likely to go on for some hours . |
| 12 | These went on for fifteen minutes , again under the hard gaze of Sister Mary . |
| 13 | These went on for several hours , rattling doors and windows almost continuously . |