Example sentences of "went on for [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 This went on for about two hours , and then they got into their boats and sailed away .
2 These began around 1947 and went on for about two years .
3 I think the rain and I went on for about three hours .
4 This went on for about ten evenings and at the end of it all he had lost a stone in weight and had attracted the waterfowl from the entire county !
5 departure indeed from last year where the official parade went on for around 2 hours and there was really very little hint of even a bit of descent .
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