Example sentences of "this went on for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
2 | This went on for two weeks . |
3 | This went on for five whole days — |
4 | 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 . |
5 | This went on for some time , until the dog 's master came to the door . |
6 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
7 | This went on for some time , with Dr Neil fencing politely , Matey looking grim , and Norton sighing in counterpoint to la Darrell . |
8 | This went on for some time . |
9 | This went on for three hours , by which time they 'd attracted a sizeable body of fans into the hotel foyer , much to the consternation of the management who had to call the police to break up the party . |
10 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |