Example sentences of "it [vb past] go [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them .
2 It seemed to go on for a long time .
3 It seemed to go on for a very long time .
4 I was surprised , for I had lost all count of time and had felt it had gone on for a week .
5 It had gone off in a hotel in Leinster Place and would always in future be known as the ‘ Bayswater Bomb ’ .
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