Example sentences of "[noun sg] went [adv prt] 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 last dance went on for a long time . |
| 4 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 5 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 6 | At the other end Tyrone Howe who saw very little of the ball during the match went over for a try in the left corner , following a fine break from Andrew Gallagher . |
| 7 | ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ? |
| 8 | When the court sat we were told that the King had died then the court went out for a while . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The computer went down for a while , it 's probably full of water |
| 11 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 12 | Instead of looking for new approaches that could galvanize the industry to deal with its problems , the call went up for a leader who would , in the words of one Bioscope editorial , be able ‘ to make order out of disorder , to organize agreement and concord with a strong hand , tactfully and helpfully , yet with a stern repression of pettiness and ignoble motives . ’ . |
| 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 | Automatically , his hand went out for a chocolate biscuit . |
| 17 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Lieutenant Gerry Mackenzie reported by telephone — the civilian network remained open long after the Japanese invasion — that he could see lights in the estuary of the Comoro river and a patrol went out for a quick recce . |
| 20 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 21 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |
| 22 | ‘ Court proceedings could be long and drawn out , and how do you prove when a player went in for a tackle he did it with intent to harm his opponent ? |