Example sentences of "[verb] on for so " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am amazed that this practice has been allowed to go on for so long without anyone kicking up a fuss . ’ |
| 2 | Does the Secretary of State agree that it is vital that the public inquiry in Leicestershire establishes the circumstances that permitted the regime of terror to go on for so long and that permitted complaints made by the children to be ignored for long ? |
| 3 | Looking back I find it hard to believe that I did n't keep abreast of all the war news ; but the war had been going on for so long that I , like almost every girl of my generation , had lost interest in it . |
| 4 | Eyes turned to boarded up windows and rubbish strewn in gardens and the depressing picture moved the prince to say : ‘ This is why I have been going on for so long about architecture in the environment . ’ |
| 5 | because I 've I 've not got time now , been gabbing on for so much . |
| 6 | But it was Berty getting stuck on the it did go on for so long . |
| 7 | The applause that greeted them was like a thunder clap and went on for so long that the Girls could not hear the music and had to count under their breath to synchronize their kicks . |
| 8 | And then borrow it again on a Friday or a Saturday and this went on for so long er he 'd eventually Tom said , by the way Jack , he said , whose pound note , whose pound is this ? |
| 9 | ‘ I can not say what he actually said because it was so bad , and it went on for so long . |
| 10 | And if I 'm a wicked , evil news reporter , I 'm going to leave out all the nice , positive things that you said , because you went on for so long I 'm interviewing you at half past twelve for the one o'clock news . |
| 11 | Talks incessantly to the point of forgetting what the original question was , using long , rambling sentences which go on for so long that the interviewee ca n't remember where they started . |
| 12 | This terrible matter has brought shame on Leicestershire , and we expect to get to the heart of how it could have gone on for so long , while apparently nobody did anything about it . |
| 13 | Helen Lockwood , director of Teesside Society for the Blind , said : ‘ Nothing seems to be happening and this has gone on for so long now . |
| 14 | This one has gone on for so much longer — two years so far with no sign of it coming to an end . ’ |
| 15 | Pauchling the figures has gone on for so long that even the newscasters have got sloppy , mostly failing to add the rider that the bald headcount does not include anybody excluded from claiming benefit for whatever reason . |
| 16 | and you 'll be pleased to know that because we 've waffled on for so much we 'll have to save the county 's peculiar pastimes until tomorrow , |
| 17 | The convention which it produced was signed by 119 delegations but the problems which caused the conference to drag on for so long are anything but solved . |