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

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1 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 .
2 The last dance went on for a long time .
3 This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
4 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 .
5 The noise went on for a long time .
6 The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel .
7 ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police .
8 And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR .
9 There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time .
10 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 .
11 The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room .
12 The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time .
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