Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] on for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
2 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
3 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
4 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
5 | At first it was like leaning into a thick , inert sponge , and that seemed to go on for an age . |
6 | Started as they meant to go on for the holiday . |
7 | After an appallingly rough five-day voyage the self-styled monarch was unable to land , as intended , at Montrose in Angus , because of the presence of a suspicious-looking vessel , and had to sail on for a further 60 miserable miles [ 96 km ] to Peterhead , beyond Aberdeen . |