Example sentences of "[verb] go [adv prt] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today 's ‘ continuous ’ culture processes are designed to go on for months without completely emptying the fermenter . |
| 2 | MY Mont Blanc fountain pen is en panne and has gone in for repairs . |
| 3 | And one man who seemed to go on for years was Cecil Dunford or " Slap " as he was known , an active man in all his pursuits in the village . |
| 4 | Obviously he 'd gone out for cigarettes , or lunch — or perhaps — it was a sudden exciting hope — he was upstairs in John 's room , waiting for me there . |
| 5 | My , my watch is the one Irene bought me gone wrong , it 's had to go in for repairs . |
| 6 | I decide to go out for cigarettes ; a short walk will do me good . |
| 7 | She could have gone on for hours . |
| 8 | I defended myself stoutly by pointing out that the alternative was to break off negotiations , with a dispute that could have gone on for months at great cost to the health of the nation . |
| 9 | If you had n't made me hate you , it might have gone on for months . ’ |
| 10 | We might have gone on for years like that — me combing the streets for you while pretending to be there on other business ! |
| 11 | And then , at half past eight , we used to have to get everything ready for breakfast and have it all ready ; and then we had to go in for prayers . |
| 12 | Aye , because I 've , I 've gone on for weeks with it , you |
| 13 | You 've gone on for years about being the only person in the West Country with the faintest notion how to prune roses . ’ |
| 14 | they had beautiful clothes and they 've gone on for years like that . |