Example sentences of "[noun sg] go on for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough .
2 But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside .
3 The last dance went on for a long time .
4 This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
5 The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening .
6 The noise went on for a long time .
7 THE WORLD HAS stopped making sense again , and Odilo forgets everything again ( which is probably just as well ) , and the war is over now ( and it seems pretty clear to me that we lost it ) , and life goes on for a little while .
8 ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police .
9 As the hunt goes on for the missing millions of the family 's crashed empire , Pandora , 32 , beamed as she declared : ‘ People will probably wonder how on earth Kevin managed it with all he 's got on his mind . ’
10 And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR .
11 The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games .
12 At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress .
13 The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room .
14 The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time .
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