Example sentences of "go [adv prt] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have already noted , some kind of political change goes on at all times , produced by the succession of generations , the rise and fall of dynasties , competition among various social groups , economic and cultural developments , changing external circumstances , and more idiosyncratic factors , which can only be understood fully through detailed historical studies . |
| 2 | Such an approach enables active work to go on at all times , including those when no change of placement is contemplated or during periods of waiting for a suitable placement to become available . |
| 3 | Well I think the consideration and the research has got to go on for some time . |
| 4 | Contracts of employment were unknown and I remember the gloom at home if Dad announced that the works were going on to short time . |
| 5 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 6 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 7 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 8 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 9 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 10 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 11 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 12 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 14 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 15 | knows what is going on at all times within the department ; |
| 16 | Going back into prehistoric time even these volumes were far exceeded by the eruption of Toba , yet another volcano in the very active Indonesian region . |
| 17 | Those who had time also diligently collected their most important legal documents — the deeds of ownership to property , the maps of their orange groves and fields , their tax returns and their identity papers going back to Ottoman times — and packed them into bags and tins along with family heirlooms and jewellery and their front door keys . |
| 18 | There is an even older architectural tradition , going back to Roman times . |
| 19 | " Yes , oysters — going back to Roman times . |
| 20 | Where the arable trail demonstrates how conservation and modern farming techniques can flourish side by side , Cow Wood , with a history going back to medieval times , emphasises the environmental importance of well-managed woodland and is a logical extension of the Bovingdon Hall concept . |
| 21 | The most important , perhaps , is freedom from the restrictive grasp of the ‘ all together now ’ class teaching system that goes back to Victorian times . |
| 22 | Its history goes back to Saxon times , and it contains several interesting historical buildings , and a peaceful marina , from which you can take a river cruise . |
| 23 | Goes back to Homeric times . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ They made the usual checks then , because I was allowed to go back at any time if there was a problem , they let me go home . |
| 25 | But we do not have to go back to prehistoric times to witness the change in our diet . |
| 26 | Another problem may be that you only have one machine for both recording and playback so that only one of these activities can go on at one time . |
| 27 | An ‘ abstract ’ — a summary of your claim in not more than 150 words — needs to be written for this stage , which may go on for some time . |
| 28 | I could go on for some time sir , but I will now proceed to the technical planning matters . |
| 29 | ‘ This may go on for some time , Christina , and could get very complicated . |
| 30 | This went on for some time , but when it was finished , the daughter started crying again , this time tears of remorse , grieving for the mother who had died , and grieving for the relationship that she had never had . |