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 .
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