Example sentences of "[vb past] gone [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 2 | I would have been quite happy if he had gone on for longer . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long . |
| 5 | Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’ |
| 6 | England then collapsed in wonderfully spectacular fashion ; Rose made 41 , but until Willis joined Willey everyone else had failed dismally and nine wickets had gone down for 92 . |
| 7 | They put on 24 after the previous six wickets had gone down for 40 . |
| 8 | And black dancers had gone in for contemporary or modern dance because they had felt ballet to be a white art form to be watched by white people . ’ |
| 9 | Would n't have minded if the driver had gone in for some stronger magic — the old Christianity did n't seem to be having much effect on his driving . |
| 10 | She agreed , but said that before he began work with Brian Harley — after the Safari circuit but before the European Tour began — he had gone off for several days ’ training . |