Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you will , if this goes on for much longer . |
| 2 | Be aware of the time limit : no election campaign goes on for more than three or four weeks in the United Kingdom — be glad about that ! |
| 3 | But what 's the point of holding a meeting that goes on for more than twelve hours ? |
| 4 | The room has no corners , no walls — it goes on for ever , it merges with a moonlit garden . |
| 5 | There are the inevitable distilleries : an industry that goes on for ever . |
| 6 | It 's best to have a time limit for a team 's deliberations — say thirty seconds — or the game goes on for ever . |
| 7 | That 's why it might be better to think of the Universe as not having a boundary — it goes on for ever . |
| 8 | It goes on for ever . |
| 9 | The cultural-ideological project of global capitalism is to persuade people to consume above their own perceived needs in order to perpetuate the accumulation of capital for private profit , in other words , to ensure that the global capitalist system goes on for ever . |
| 10 | If the war goes on for long , the anxieties will increase . |
| 11 | Some unilateral plant closures can be expected , Campbell predicted — if the crisis goes on for long or gets worse . |
| 12 | Lack of sleep , if the baby is demanding to be feed every two hours or so day and night , can be hell if it goes on for long . |
| 13 | P : I was coming home from a party with Robert Mitchum drinking cider when one of Shane 's gang came out and stabbed me in the arm … ( goes on for about ten more pages — Freudian Ed ) |
| 14 | Verbal presentations often fail because the speaker tries to cram too much into too short a time , or goes on for far too long . |
| 15 | Rather than emulate the original , Kaiser and his cronies turn David 's innocent little rebellious rocker into a full blown free-form jazz improvisation piece that chugs along for over 12 minutes . |
| 16 | Price rises were similar whether the illegal trade was detected by a stock exchange — which looks out for unusually large price jumps — or by tip-offs from jilted mistresses and the like , who probably do not . |
| 17 | Without the imperative of obedience , albeit lovingly enforced , the child may come to conclude that if he holds out for long enough , demanding his own will , he 'll get his own way in the end . |
| 18 | It is true that much of the country closes down for too long over this festive period , though there are advantages for industry in doing that and we all deserve a decent break at this time of the year . |
| 19 | Title V rules out for ever a return to the alternative : a degree of foreign-policy alignment reflecting the reality of diverging national interests and a European Community whose members express their friendship and community of interests by cooperating through the most effective available means . |
| 20 | Of course , everyone signs up for nearly everything , but then it 's all part of university life . |
| 21 | It can not be made up of a wave with a unique value for its wavelength since such a wave stretches on for ever . |
| 22 | DAVE BIRKETT has resigned as captain of Rainhill , so Ray Ford takes over for tomorrow 's Bromborough Paints Merseyside Competition game at Ainsdale . |
| 23 | - People start using the curious phrase ‘ Indian Summer ’ if the sun stays out for more than 10 minutes at a time . |
| 24 | As a consequence , both Cushing and Lovett resigned , as did the 44-times capped McHarg when the news was relayed to him in India , which is a sad way to end a relationship which stretches back for well over two decades . |
| 25 | He goes out for about an hour on a Saturday if I , if he 's forced out I said , out oh get out please yeah they 're not the ideal things that they should be wearing , but , like because the |
| 26 | It goes back for ever . |
| 27 | Yet the world we live in cries out for more critical and creative solutions to many , pressing problems . |
| 28 | Their feedback-drenched fog makes it almost impossible to discern anything resembling a tune , and each song coasts along for upwards of five minutes — but it 's precisely their avoidance of career-minded polish that makes them so invigorating . |
| 29 | Bobby Robson comes in for just as much a mauling from Neal who wrote : ‘ His attitude to the game was different from anything I had experienced before . |
| 30 | Kant , in particular , comes in for very rough treatment . |