Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] for ever " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give what I hope is curt nod , though double chins seem to go on flapping for ever . |
| 2 | Now , suddenly , in the affluent West , that world has possibly gone for ever . |
| 3 | ‘ So you 'd best live for ever , had n't you ? … |
| 4 | It can not be forgotten or surpassed though gone for ever . |
| 5 | She lay on her stomach on top of the hay , dusty spikes tickling her ears and her nostrils and said , ‘ I wish I was a farmer , I could go on harvesting for ever and ever and ever . ’ |
| 6 | It is the work of the resulting army of dedicated and sincere reformers who through the centuries have fought to make mankind accept that the Second Choice is the right one , that has provided , and will go on providing for ever , the real power for the production of the good that will be assigned to the storehouse that is the Created God . |
| 7 | We ca n't go on leveraging for ever . ’ |
| 8 | After all , he could n't go on driving for ever , he 'd just drive straight into another ocean , and that was what he was trying to get away from , was n't it , the ocean ? |
| 9 | Walsh thought that if it was left to the others they would go on talking for ever . |
| 10 | Some of those waves at the bottom of the world — I mean you can tell by the look of them they have come from the beginnings of time and will roll right over you and go on rolling for ever . |
| 11 | Unfortunately fish , like us all , do not live for ever , and some have shorter live spans than others . |
| 12 | I did n't say for ever . |
| 13 | Hard disks last a long time but they do n't last for ever . |
| 14 | After all , hinges do n't last for ever and it 's not as if they were trying to cram a bulky parcel through a small space , just a slim package . |
| 15 | Indeed it would not be too much to say that neither woman ever really got over it ; a day before the wedding he had written to Mary Trevelyan , expressing the hope that she would remain on friendly terms both with him and his new wife , but the old intimacy had necessarily gone for ever . |
| 16 | I still believe that even for the most senior colleges , there is value in an external incentive — provided that the Council does not continue for ever its inspectoral function , and becomes instead more of an advisory body in partnership with the colleges . |
| 17 | ‘ Obviously the appearance of the train is important , but a vehicle in public service is bound to deteriorate and a perfect finish does not last for ever , ’ he said . |
| 18 | The point was briefly touched upon again by Lord Denning in Potters-Ballotini Ltd v Weston-Baker [ 1977 ] RPC 202 where he said " although a man must not use such information as a springboard to get a start over others , nevertheless that springboard does not last for ever " . |
| 19 | That does n't last for ever , and it 's not easy to psych yourself up to get another job after you 've been given the push . |
| 20 | ‘ The grind may be tough , but it does n't last for ever . |
| 21 | Well it I mean already , it is having quite an im impact erm especially for items like furniture and bedding , and I mean bedding does n't last for ever , especially with a family , and I know erm they 're allowed every so often , but erm I mean I think erm the the cutbacks are becoming more and more and more and and people seem to be which means that we have to look around for voluntary erm agencies that ca such as , who can provide us with furniture or beds and bedding . |
| 22 | Tell me you have n't disappeared for ever . |