Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] on for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 2 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 3 | The work hummed on for a while . |
| 4 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 5 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 6 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 7 | The eruption of Krakatoa has some parallels in these respects , for after an impressive opening , the eruption dragged on for a full three months before reaching its climax on 26 and 27 August . |
| 8 | Afterwards the whole group stayed on for a few extra days . |
| 9 | Everything cooks very slowly in a slo-cooker because the heating element is extremely gentle and costs no more to use than leaving a light bulb switched on for a day ( a few pence ) . |
| 10 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 11 | The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years , being continually revised , but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat . |
| 12 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 13 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 14 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 15 | The kettle went on for a lunchtime brew-up before we tackled the group of small , uninhabited islands which lie west of Whalsay : Nacka Skerry , Nista , Mooa , Isbister Holm ( the only place in Shetland where sea-aster grows ) , East Linga and Grif Skerry . |
| 16 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 17 | This situation carried on for a few weeks , she would try to talk but always just ended up leaving some food on the step . |
| 18 | The Governor Eyre controversy dragged on for a number of years , creating deep divisions within respectable society . |
| 19 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |
| 20 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 21 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 22 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |