Example sentences of "[modal v] go on for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could go on for some time sir , but I will now proceed to the technical planning matters . |
| 2 | And they 'd go on for many years with incredible perseverance , believing when they had no reason to believe , when it was crazy for them to believe . |
| 3 | An ‘ abstract ’ — a summary of your claim in not more than 150 words — needs to be written for this stage , which may go on for some time . |
| 4 | ‘ This may go on for some time , Christina , and could get very complicated . |
| 5 | Like a true professional , Floyd was determined the show would go on for New Year 's Eve at his pub , the Maltsters Arms . |
| 6 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 7 | ‘ The feasting would go on for seven days . |
| 8 | The conference will go on for 3 days . |
| 9 | It will go on for another while anyway we hope . |
| 10 | But the Queen will see just about every past and present RAF aircraft a flypast which will go on for three quarters of an hour . |
| 11 | This can go on for two hours or more , until all the eggs have been laid . |
| 12 | This can go on for several hours on a number of occasions two hundred or more eggs have been counted . |
| 13 | So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again . |