Example sentences of "[vb mod] have gone [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you wanted more money , you should have gone in for doctoring , academicking , police inspectoring or company secretarying . |
| 2 | Oxford should have gone in for their half-time cuppa. 1-0 up . |
| 3 | So they all must have gone out for the dinner . |
| 4 | If you had n't made me hate you , it might have gone on for months . ’ |
| 5 | We might have gone on for years like that — me combing the streets for you while pretending to be there on other business ! |
| 6 | None of these was Marine Projects standard , and he could n't help wondering what kind of water sports the original owner might have gone in for . |
| 7 | She could have gone on for hours . |
| 8 | I defended myself stoutly by pointing out that the alternative was to break off negotiations , with a dispute that could have gone on for months at great cost to the health of the nation . |
| 9 | Anyway back to main point , so up to retirement quite straightforward , no problem at all and this is why he could have gone on for donkey years without a return of income , his salary goes up of course , it 's picked up in the tax tables , his personal allowances do n't change so they could swan along there for so many years without even looking at his affairs , but then see what happens in the very next tax year , when he has n't had a return and may not get a return for a couple of years . |
| 10 | This terrible matter has brought shame on Leicestershire , and we expect to get to the heart of how it could have gone on for so long , while apparently nobody did anything about it . |
| 11 | Glenn Hoddle says he thinks his team will win because there is a determination running throughout the club and the supporters who were robbed three years ago and could have gone on for another fifty or sixty years waiting a chance like this … |
| 12 | I could have gone back for them . ’ |
| 13 | He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years . |
| 14 | Richard would never have left anything behind anywhere , or , if he had , he would have gone back for it . |
| 15 | Mrs Murphy would be in the kitchen , Barnes would have gone back for his supper . |