Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] for [adv] " in BNC.

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1 This separation has gone on for far too long .
2 The moment seemed to go on for ever , impossibly long-drawn-out .
3 The grass seemed to flow on for ever like a millpond sea .
4 ‘ I felt that if the game had gone on for just five more minutes , then we could even have won it .
5 This saga has gone on for quite some time .
6 Now an appeal has gone out for more than 100 of the former workers to lodge applications for payment , no matter the circumstances of their claim .
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