Example sentences of "[verb] on for hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 2 | I thought this phone call had been going on for hours . |
| 3 | But Folly was in no mood to have her character analysed — and she knew that once her mother started on her favourite hobby-horse she was quite capable for going on for hours . |
| 4 | Given such prompts , some informants may then go on for hours with their recollections and reminiscences . |
| 5 | And this party looked as if it could go on for hours yet ! |
| 6 | ‘ He 'll go on for hours . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ A typical Robson team-talk would go on for hours — no wonder the Ipswich lads in the squad had nicknamed him Mogadon . |
| 8 | She needed strength : her and Bernard 's nightly love play would go on for hours , limbs lurching and surging in some kind of gladiatorial combat as if the one who weakened first lost . |
| 9 | This could go on for hours . |
| 10 | This sport went on for hours , well into the evening . |
| 11 | One neighbour said in a written statement that she often heard a baby ‘ crying for help ’ which went on for hours and hours though she did not contact the police . |
| 12 | We go on for hours . |
| 13 | ‘ Those sessions usually go on for hours . ’ |
| 14 | She could have gone on for hours . |
| 15 | Thus a query and its settlement could easily drag on for hours . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't mind lobbyists , I 'd just rather they called themselves by their proper name as they do in Washington , rather than wittering on for hours about relationships with opinion-formers . |
| 17 | The worst damage to hulls etc. had been reported on arrival in the area after last night 's operation , and the troop 's attached REME Forward Repair Team had worked on for hours after most others had taken to their sleeping bags . |
| 18 | It lasts for around five minutes and you ca n't work out exactly what it 's selling , but it leaves you wishing it carried on for hours . |