Example sentences of "would [vb infin] on for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 'd go on for many years with incredible perseverance , believing when they had no reason to believe , when it was crazy for them to believe . |
| 2 | He would hang on for that . |
| 3 | Like a true professional , Floyd was determined the show would go on for New Year 's Eve at his pub , the Maltsters Arms . |
| 4 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 5 | ‘ The feasting would go on for seven days . |
| 6 | Crump — this would provide an opportunity for a salving weep — Crump would live on for this child herself one day would bear children … |