Example sentences of "[pron] went on for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was meant to talk for fifteen minutes but I went on for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 2 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
| 3 | A routine was established which went on for more than a year . |
| 4 | A demand for the ‘ noblest ’ architecture inevitably meant that Nonconformity was caught up in the debates over the value of Gothic architecture which went on for most of the Victorian period . |
| 5 | This movement , which went on for some time , gave Franca ( and Ludens agreed with her later ) the sense that Marcus was actually creating Patrick . |
| 6 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 7 | ( She went on for another seven ! ) . |
| 8 | I think , if we went on for another half an hour or forty five minutes , we could clear virtually everything . |
| 9 | They went on for three hours before she fell asleep , exhausted but more relaxed than since her husband died . |
| 10 | They went on for some way in silence . |
| 11 | So popular was this concert that there was no admission charge , only a collection , as it went on for two evenings , but strangely enough , David did n't offer to take part , although George Underwood did and he had a very popular group called George and the Dragons at the time . |
| 12 | So it went on for two long hours during which the thousands present learned nothing about Fascism except the bravery and pertinacity of its young adherents in dealing with this very perilous situation . " |
| 13 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |
| 14 | It was a quite hard movement , dragging the flesh this way and that , and it went on for some time , perhaps ten minutes . |
| 15 | It sounded vaguely political , chiefly because it went on for some while . |