Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 32 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 33 | That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load . |
| 34 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 35 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 36 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 37 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 38 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 39 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 40 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
| 41 | That went on for a long time . |
| 42 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 43 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 44 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 45 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 46 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |
| 47 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 48 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 49 | This was t I mean when you think about it er it was good fun and er eventually people realized what was happening and of course they knew what was happening but that went on for a long long time . |
| 50 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 51 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 52 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 53 | This went on for a long time . |
| 54 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 55 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 56 | I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration . |
| 57 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 60 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |