Example sentences of "[modal v] go on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The likes of her 'll go on for a bit yet , ’ said Jack . |
| 2 | Not having a good night 's sleep is the main thing and not knowing how long it 'll go on for . |
| 3 | ‘ He 'll go on for hours . ’ |
| 4 | It 'll go on for much longer . |
| 5 | Hold on c can we sort of stop this now or we 'll go on for ever |
| 6 | That would be one less thing for him to worry about with regards to his mother , for she would still be mistress of the house , at least until the war was over , which might go on for a year , perhaps two . |
| 7 | She might go on for years ; I could be as old as she is now before she finally gives up the ghost . |
| 8 | The room , Robert felt , might go on for yards and yards . |
| 9 | ‘ He seemed to think the meeting might go on for a while . ’ |
| 10 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 11 | Not that it could go on for ever . |
| 12 | But Nails could go on for ever . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , well then , that trip could go on for years . |
| 14 | The troubles are going on for over 20 years and the NI Office is doing very little about it , so it could go on for another 20 years . |
| 15 | I wished this could go on for ever but I realised that all too soon I would have to return . |
| 16 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 17 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 18 | I could go on for pages . |
| 19 | I could go on for minutes on end . |
| 20 | Children could go on for ever finding out information about dinosaurs and be no nearer satisfying this vague purpose . |
| 21 | And this party looked as if it could go on for hours yet ! |
| 22 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 23 | I could go on for some time sir , but I will now proceed to the technical planning matters . |
| 24 | She knew from experience that if she started a conversation with the girls about anything other than business , it could go on for ever , and Christina did not have time to listen to Todney 's domestic problems this morning . |
| 25 | ‘ But this could go on for years . ’ |
| 26 | ROS : It could go on for ever . |
| 27 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 28 | Every week she gets worse and yet it could go on for years . |
| 29 | Reynolds seemed to realise that such objections could go on for ever , so he said , ‘ Yes . |
| 30 | Let's hope the ms strikes lucky this time , otherwise this could go on for generations . |