Example sentences of "to go [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 2 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 3 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 4 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 5 | Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time . |
| 6 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 7 | At first it was like leaning into a thick , inert sponge , and that seemed to go on for an age . |
| 8 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 9 | I 'd like to go in for a bit , but there 's loads of people in there and I ai n't got no washing to do . |
| 10 | Firemen were called to the river Taff in Llandaff to rescue Eric , a 10-stone Irish Wolfhound who had got into deep water after deciding to go in for a swim . |
| 11 | ‘ The players have to be prepared to put themselves into dangerous positions , to go in for a hard tackle , be brave and take the blows . |
| 12 | It 's easier for you to experiment to see how it works than for me to go in for a detailed but boring explanation . |
| 13 | One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind . |
| 14 | You need the permission of the owner to go in for a title search so you 'd have to know the owner first . |
| 15 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |
| 16 | You 'll probably find when you register you 're invited to go along for a new patient medical anyway , and all sorts of things like that . |
| 17 | Spike , of course , kept saying " He wants us to go down for a drink . " |
| 18 | I 'd say we 'll have to do more than that , I 'd say we 'll have to go down for a week . |
| 19 | When the baby cries a lot , and Lesley gets angry with her , I tell her to go off for an hour and I 'll look after her . |
| 20 | Mm , er what to think , oh I ca n't think of any words , oh we 're going to go off for an interview now anyway . |
| 21 | because that , he wanted to go up for a medical which was a bit erm , unethical , but I do n't know whether it 's true it 's , you know it 's just what someone said |
| 22 | ‘ Would you like to go out for a drink ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm going to have to go out for a while . ’ |
| 24 | At other times he would find Marcus talking to Irina , and ready to go out for a walk . |
| 25 | We tell them to be quiet because we want them to look at television , or say it 's too wet to go out for a walk when they are wanting to wear their new wellies . |
| 26 | I met him at my wee cousin 's wedding — he was the Best Man — he says to me would you like to go out for a bite to eat ? |
| 27 | They express a wide range of emotions and feelings to which we can readily relate : expectantly waiting for their master or mistress to return home , display of affectionate greetings , or excitement when it comes time to go out for a walk or prepare their food . |
| 28 | For instance , the beginning could be ‘ It was a nice sunny day and all the fishes decided to go out for a swim . |
| 29 | I want to go out for a ride in the open air . ’ |
| 30 | On the 4th , Sophie , who normally visited her sister every day to help out , decided not to go , but to go out for a walk instead . |