Example sentences of "[verb] on for [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory . |
| 2 | The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it . |
| 3 | You should be feeling slimmer this morning , and it should encourage you to carry on for another day . |
| 4 | There was an army display on for one day only , Mrs Blakey had said at breakfast : the car-park behind the fish-packing station had been taken over for it . |
| 5 | There had been no handkerchieves for him to work on for several days and there was not very much to eat for dinner . |
| 6 | Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved . |
| 7 | The conference will go on for 3 days . |
| 8 | ‘ The feasting would go on for seven days . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you sure you do n't mind having us stay on for another day ? ’ |
| 10 | The battles went on for four days that August and at least thirty-four people were killed . |
| 11 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 12 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |
| 13 | After pitching their tents , the travellers held a rave party that went on for 3 days and nights . |
| 14 | Despite soldiering on for three days she finally admitted defeat when frostbite of the labia majora forced her to abandon the job . |
| 15 | He carried on for two days but finally , in excruciating pain , had to go to hospital when a splint was put on his damaged limb . |