Example sentences of "went on long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The GB and Ireland team went wild , rushing across the green to swamp their Scottish saviour and the celebrations went on long into the night , and the morning too . |
| 2 | And they were expecting , of course , a well-run settlement , a sort of East Anglian kibbutz , where the members had appointed duties , where vegetarianism prevailed and brown rice had an almost holy significance and discussions on mystical or occult or philosophic subjects went on long into the night . |
| 3 | In the Old Sun the loom seemed never to stop , yet no-one was turned away , and conversation went on long into the afternoon and night . |
| 4 | They had n't the appeal of the stinking lanes fitfully lit by naphtha flares in the souks when a fair went on long into the night . |
| 5 | And the celebrations went on long into the night … they could n't have done any better Down Under . |