Example sentences of "gone on for [num] " in BNC.

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1 The debate has now gone on for thirty minutes .
2 Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer .
3 The WRU and its leading 18 clubs are deadlocked over the issue of leagues , with no sign of a thaw in the cold war between the two bodies which has gone on for two years .
4 ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’
5 ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’
6 So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years .
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