Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it may hold back for reasons of cost and supply , and because the housing market is static , during this decade I believe we will see an increasing spread of relocation moves to those parts of the country which offer a better quality of life than London and the South-East . ’ |
| 2 | According to the hon. Member for Sedgefield , once a programme is introduced it must carry on for ever , regardless of whether it is the most effective way of achieving those aims . |
| 3 | Not having a good night 's sleep is the main thing and not knowing how long it 'll go on for . |
| 4 | It 'll go on for much longer . |
| 5 | That light rain will soon clear away tomorrow morning and it 'll brighten up for a time . |
| 6 | We can only pray and hope it 'll turn out for the best . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It could drag on for months , ’ I protested , ‘ years even . ’ |
| 8 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 9 | Not that it could go on for ever . |
| 10 | The troubles are going on for over 20 years and the NI Office is doing very little about it , so it could go on for another 20 years . |
| 11 | And this party looked as if it could go on for hours yet ! |
| 12 | She knew from experience that if she started a conversation with the girls about anything other than business , it could go on for ever , and Christina did not have time to listen to Todney 's domestic problems this morning . |
| 13 | ROS : It could go on for ever . |
| 14 | Every week she gets worse and yet it could go on for years . |
| 15 | It could go on for years possibly . |
| 16 | that it would go up for |
| 17 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |
| 18 | It would turn out for the best in the end ; it must . |
| 19 | It will make up for the thirty-five minutes you were late . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It will make up for the dismal showing of the England football and cricket teams , lift some of the sporting gloom . |
| 21 | I have never been so happy in my life and I know that it will go on for ever . |
| 22 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 23 | So it goes on and on and on and presumably it will go on for ever . |
| 24 | It will go on for another while anyway we hope . |
| 25 | Pallister missed the European Championship because of back and foot injuries and Ferguson stressed : ‘ He has worked so hard this summer to get right for the season and I am sure it will pay off for him . ’ |
| 26 | You simply ca n't imagine how it will turn out for them when , for one reason or another , they stop winning . |
| 27 | The poll tax could have been abolished from April next year , but it will linger on for at least another year under the Government . |
| 28 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |
| 29 | It has all the paraphernalia of a public inquiry and after all the necessary preparations are made it can go on for weeks . |
| 30 | It can go on for years before families are forced to acknowledge the truth … |