Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it goes on for another 2 weeks , that is a distinct possibility . |
| 2 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 3 | Nobody wants to lose and if nobody wants to lose it means it gets fiercer and it goes on for longer and it does takes a long time to resolve , if it ever is and often to the detriment of one person to the success of another . |
| 4 | It goes along for twelve months . |
| 5 | ‘ As Mr. Pannick says , it cries out for some explanation from the board . |
| 6 | It made up for all the poverty and hardship they had suffered , and planted a new , fierce determination in her to make her way in the world , to marry well and make up for all the injustice they had suffered because of her Uncle Harry . |
| 7 | So it made up for any other , er , you know . |
| 8 | At least it provided somewhere for Lucien to anchor his attention . |
| 9 | It cares little for social conventions , either . |
| 10 | Oh I think so , yeah you would n't purchase the land that it stands on for that now |
| 11 | So we 're talking about the sixty acre sixty hectares that are allocated for the rest of the Harrogate district and er I should like formal confirmation from Mr Allenby privately already that there is no question of any part of the York , Greater York area allocation being transferred into the rest of the district should it fall through for any purpose . |
| 12 | In fact , it seemed so for several months . |
| 13 | It climbed steeply for some moments and then hung , apparently motionless , like a miniature sun above the sepoy encampment . |
| 14 | No one knew how the Lāmri god acquired his reputation for treating mad dogs , but it dated back for several generations . |
| 15 | So while d'Abreu and his colleagues went off eastwards , even braver or more foolhardy men — following the banner of Castile — were determined to discover — heroically and , as it turned out for many of them , fatally — the way to reach this same Orient by travelling outwards to the West , across the vast unknown . |
| 16 | It stays away for two , three or even four years , it is deemed to be full-grown . |
| 17 | I think it 's something is n't it getting on for five hundred for the whole year was n't it . |
| 18 | It started early for some with a trip to just north of the Scottish border to practise demolition techniques . |
| 19 | It has been found there that a high proportion of buyers actually live within 50 miles of the timeshare development and use it to relax completely for one week per year . |
| 20 | But did n't it go on for such a long time ! |
| 21 | Are you saying you 're quite prepared to let them , how they cut it , you 'll let it go on for another two years without you doing anything about it ? |
| 22 | She swallowed , then , taking another deep breath , she said quickly , ‘ In fact there 's a place on the other side of town ; it 's called Conway House and it caters especially for handicapped people … ’ |
| 23 | So popular was this concert that there was no admission charge , only a collection , as it went on for two evenings , but strangely enough , David did n't offer to take part , although George Underwood did and he had a very popular group called George and the Dragons at the time . |
| 24 | So it went on for two long hours during which the thousands present learned nothing about Fascism except the bravery and pertinacity of its young adherents in dealing with this very perilous situation . " |
| 25 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |
| 26 | It was a quite hard movement , dragging the flesh this way and that , and it went on for some time , perhaps ten minutes . |
| 27 | It sounded vaguely political , chiefly because it went on for some while . |
| 28 | I hope it went well for Dimitri Dimitrovitch . ’ |
| 29 | Then on it went inexorably for another sixty-five minutes … |
| 30 | ‘ Those who founded it do not for one moment pretend to be neutral , ’ Lewis confessed . |