Example sentences of "[noun] went on for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The war between England and Spain went on for sixteen years after the defeat of the Armada , with a good deal of the English effort being undertaken by private ventures like Drake 's ( though they were easier to acknowledge once war had begun officially ) . |
| 5 | Lectures often began as early as 5 or 6 a.m. in the summer ( 7 a.m. in the winter ) , and sometimes the first lecture went on for three hours , no provision being made for any food before 10 a.m . |
| 6 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 7 | After these exchanges , fighting in Kurdestan went on for some considerable time . |
| 8 | The thing went on for half an hour at least . |
| 9 | Virginia had no property qualifications to limit men 's right to vote until 1670 , and this was a little more like the usual arrangements in a company , where all shareholders were able to vote , than the position in parliamentary elections , where property qualifications for voting went on for hundreds of years to come . |
| 10 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 11 | The musical interlude went on for ten minutes and finished with the mad figures collapsing on the ground . |
| 12 | The wheat went on for thousands of miles , looking just the same everywhere . |
| 13 | The battles went on for four days that August and at least thirty-four people were killed . |
| 14 | Family Day at OBEX was the highlight of the year , and preparations went on for several weeks in advance . |