Example sentences of "[vb past] gone [adv prt] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
2 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
3 | It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long . |
4 | Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’ |
5 | She agreed , but said that before he began work with Brian Harley — after the Safari circuit but before the European Tour began — he had gone off for several days ’ training . |