Example sentences of "[pron] went on for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 2 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 3 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 4 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 5 | And so it went on for the first 14 years of their friendship . |