Example sentences of "[verb] gone [adv prt] for [det] " in BNC.

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1 Daily assessment has gone on for all these years , with tests occasionally being undertaken — that is a reality .
2 Madam Speaker in view of the fact that the real value of pensions has gone down for many years now following the break .
3 He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years .
4 Glenn Hoddle says he thinks his team will win because there is a determination running throughout the club and the supporters who were robbed three years ago and could have gone on for another fifty or sixty years waiting a chance like this …
5 And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man .
6 It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long .
7 Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’
8 Would n't have minded if the driver had gone in for some stronger magic — the old Christianity did n't seem to be having much effect on his driving .
9 She agreed , but said that before he began work with Brian Harley — after the Safari circuit but before the European Tour began — he had gone off for several days ’ training .
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