Example sentences of "[noun] go [adv prt] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the pilot light goes out for any reason , a heat-sensing thermocouple detects the fault and prevents the main gas supply from operating . |
| 2 | Though modern readers might wish to repay Mr Ruskin 's ‘ hard work ’ recorded in a 1854 entry , with hard labour , the practice of dismembering books went on for many centuries . |
| 3 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 4 | The main point is to raise money for Christian Aid , and although preparatory work goes on for many months , the 3 weeks during which the Church is used for sorting , and them selling , seem to bring out all the best feelings . |
| 5 | This type of question goes back for several generations , and small children are able to answer freely without any effort or strain on their part . |
| 6 | The lame recital went on for some time , while Jerome , piteously small and shrunken and wretched , kneeled in Rhun 's supple , generous arm , with that radiant , silent face beside him , to point searing differences . |
| 7 | Even the most reliable equipment is at the mercy of the fuse in the plug , and I would hope that if the Rocon circuit went off for this ( or any other reason ) , the remaining 200 watts would keep the tank from lethal chilling until I spotted the problem ( I am often away for days at a time ) |
| 8 | The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory . |
| 9 | On short finals full flap is lowered , the speed is brought back to 75 kts and the propeller levers are moved into fully fine in case there is a need to go around for any reason . |
| 10 | The cry went up for more pix . |
| 11 | and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason |
| 12 | It was an emphatic display by Rangers on a night when the lights went out for all English interest in Europe . |
| 13 | But it worked out that they spent twenty thousand pounds on letting families go round for these three weeks . |
| 14 | After these exchanges , fighting in Kurdestan went on for some considerable time . |
| 15 | In the last week , Italian politics became even more chaotic than usual , and Germany went in for some ‘ neo-Nazism ’ . |
| 16 | Groups went in for all kinds of sponsored walks , knit-ins , beard-shavings , and even silence . |
| 17 | If your whole departments going out for any reason , for a departmental meeting , if you 're all out at a conference , or if there 's some sort of briefing or something going on , please let the switchboard know which numbers will be unattended , and how long you 'll be out for . |
| 18 | But if the Section Sergeant goes in for any necessary purpose , the Inspector comes in , he is reported and gets a severe reprimand from his superiors for idling his time in the Station . |
| 19 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 20 | Should the burner go out for any reason , sparkling recommences until the burner is once again ignited . |
| 21 | The thing went on for half an hour at least . |
| 22 | Well I mean all men go in for these model things . |
| 23 | One of the frustrations of being in opposition for so long to what is , in effect , a minority Government is having to watch this country go on for such a long time without any energy policy . |
| 24 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 25 | There was a mini-rebellion about that just after the Police Strike and then they allowed policemen to go in for half an hour 's and eat breakfast . |
| 26 | The strength of the association between the mortality and morbidity was given by the slope of this line , indicating how much sickness goes up for each point increase in the death rate . |
| 27 | Family Day at OBEX was the highlight of the year , and preparations went on for several weeks in advance . |
| 28 | But that one As you saw from the the past papers that 's a usually quite a bit of marks go in for that . |