Example sentences of "[noun sg] went [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 2 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 3 | The court room at the Old Bailey was hushed dock went in for the jury to return for their verdict . |
| 4 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 5 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 6 | The lame recital went on for some time , while Jerome , piteously small and shrunken and wretched , kneeled in Rhun 's supple , generous arm , with that radiant , silent face beside him , to point searing differences . |
| 7 | The shelling went on for about an hour then almost complete silence descended on the area as I continued to stare to my front . |
| 8 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 9 | This sport went on for hours , well into the evening . |
| 10 | Even the most reliable equipment is at the mercy of the fuse in the plug , and I would hope that if the Rocon circuit went off for this ( or any other reason ) , the remaining 200 watts would keep the tank from lethal chilling until I spotted the problem ( I am often away for days at a time ) |
| 11 | Maybe if I was on Sandøya when winter came , when the sun went in for two or three months , when all the water froze , when ice covered the ground and fishing was a risky business of frozen fingers and ears , on water in which survival was measured in seconds , I would be less romantic about it . |
| 12 | The war went on for over a thousand years . |
| 13 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 14 | The cry went up for more pix . |
| 15 | A rescue team went in for him at 12.30 p.m. on Saturday , 9th September , and returned to a fresh air base in Bank Mine at 2.45 p.m . |
| 16 | As his sword went back for his final sweep the sullen glow that had been growing in the doorway of the Broken Drum flickered , dimmed , and erupted into a roaring fireball that sent the walls billowing outward and carried the roof a hundred feet into the air before bursting through it , in a gout of red-hot tiles . |
| 17 | Lectures often began as early as 5 or 6 a.m. in the summer ( 7 a.m. in the winter ) , and sometimes the first lecture went on for three hours , no provision being made for any food before 10 a.m . |
| 18 | At the other end Tyrone Howe who saw very little of the ball during the match went over for a try in the left corner , following a fine break from Andrew Gallagher . |
| 19 | Next morning after breakfast the whole group went out for the day . |
| 20 | Yes , I know , I think , I think hand stitching went on for , I mean , I mean certainly further , where you need vast quantities of linen , like baby linen , a lot of that sort of hand . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ? |
| 23 | When the court sat we were told that the King had died then the court went out for a while . |
| 24 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 25 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 26 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 27 | The computer went down for a while , it 's probably full of water |
| 28 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 29 | The fight went on for about an hour . |
| 30 | The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down . |