Example sentences of "had [vb pp] on for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Attlee had carried on for another year , and the economy had turned round , Labour might still be in power . |
| 2 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 3 | I would have been quite happy if he had gone on for longer . |
| 4 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 5 | It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long . |
| 6 | Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’ |
| 7 | The Sergeant and the Constable had continued on for two steps through the door towards their senior officer without realising that they had left Jimmy behind . |