Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fight went on for about an hour . |
| 2 | Having completed the steeplechase , I let the horse canter along for about half a kilometre , then I allow him to walk for nearly a whole kilometre , bearing in mind , you will most likely have to ‘ make up time ’ later on . |
| 3 | - People start using the curious phrase ‘ Indian Summer ’ if the sun stays out for more than 10 minutes at a time . |
| 4 | The shelling went on for about an hour then almost complete silence descended on the area as I continued to stare to my front . |
| 5 | The convention which it produced was signed by 119 delegations but the problems which caused the conference to drag on for so long are anything but solved . |
| 6 | Clutching at the safety of recollection , the Glovers set off for more familiar regions . |
| 7 | As he knows , I must decide whether to give this matter precedent over the business set down for today or for tomorrow . |
| 8 | As he knows , I have to decide whether his application comes within the Standing Order and , if so , whether a debate should be granted which would take precedence over the business set down for today or tomorrow . |
| 9 | The war went on for over a thousand years . |
| 10 | If the war goes on for long , the anxieties will increase . |
| 11 | Some unilateral plant closures can be expected , Campbell predicted — if the crisis goes on for long or gets worse . |
| 12 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 13 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 14 | It 's best to have a time limit for a team 's deliberations — say thirty seconds — or the game goes on for ever . |
| 15 | The argument ground on for almost two years , in a mood of escalating resentment and bitterness . |
| 16 | She thought of the shoot lined up for tomorrow morning at Paolo 's , a relatively new design house , and shook her head . |
| 17 | The attack went on for up to five minutes before the two attackers made off on foot . |
| 18 | Veronica 's father was Lord Somebody-or-other , she reminded herself , and did n't the aristocracy go in for rather grand affairs ? |
| 19 | It is true that much of the country closes down for too long over this festive period , though there are advantages for industry in doing that and we all deserve a decent break at this time of the year . |
| 20 | The company came in for quite a bit of stick with their new version of the Escort and if the Mondeo had not been well received they could have been in real trouble . |
| 21 | ‘ Thrill ’ was the most frequent motive for attending but ‘ humour ’ was also frequently cited — if the wrestlers went in for too much close holding choruses of ‘ Kiss me sergeant ‘ and ‘ What blue eyes you 've got ’ would strike up . |
| 22 | While few serious historians have defended Communist excesses , some have argued that it was only the strategy in whose name they were committed that enabled the Republic to fight on for as long as it did . |
| 23 | Would the Empire go on for ever ? |
| 24 | It can not be made up of a wave with a unique value for its wavelength since such a wave stretches on for ever . |
| 25 | The staff " spiritual " meetings on Friday night and the ever-present mercy seat also helped to ensure no grievance simmered on for too long , though " it was n't an angelic community by any means " . |
| 26 | There are also two cardboard peepshows from c1850 , which seem to show a tunnel going on for ever . |
| 27 | I mean the I mean , like , I mean , people say it that a personality makes up for like , looks or whatever , and with hi , he 's the only person I 've ever met where it really really does ! |
| 28 | The pro-English party must have realised , however , that neither they nor their masters in London were in a position to hold out for long . |
| 29 | Cork hit the post in a desperate finish , but Quakers were caught on the break with only two minutes left when Warren Joyce broke down the right and crossed perfectly for the unmarked Jepson , who only minutes before had a goal ruled out for offside , to grab his second from close range . |