Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This went on for a long time .
2 All went well for a short while , but then his childhood respiratory problems returned .
3 However , all went well for the British team .
4 That went on for a long time .
5 This was t I mean when you think about it er it was good fun and er eventually people realized what was happening and of course they knew what was happening but that went on for a long long time .
6 And that 'll get the inside of that sorted out for a wee while again young William .
7 The inspection is similar to that carried out for the Structural Survey , however because the report is in a standard format , the information conveyed is more concise and limited in order to identify the more important defects , bearing in mind the property 's type and age .
8 It was a permanent party , with a little gentlemanly farming on the side — interrupted , it must be said , by two World Wars when both laboured mightily for the common cause .
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