Example sentences of "[noun sg] went on for [num] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 The musical interlude went on for ten minutes and finished with the mad figures collapsing on the ground .
5 The wheat went on for thousands of miles , looking just the same everywhere .
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