Example sentences of "have go on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured . |
| 2 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 4 | The WRU and its leading 18 clubs are deadlocked over the issue of leagues , with no sign of a thaw in the cold war between the two bodies which has gone on for two years . |
| 5 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 6 | This saga has gone on for quite some time . |
| 7 | In Wales the club-v-country argument has gone on for longer even than the locust years — a constant , nagging reminder of the manifold and manifest divisions that have wrought such damage on Welsh rugby . |
| 8 | This separation has gone on for far too long . |
| 9 | Daily assessment has gone on for all these years , with tests occasionally being undertaken — that is a reality . |
| 10 | Hon. Members will have an opportunity to debate the Bill , but , whatever happens , it is far better to have a system that is more accountable to local people and that will , we hope , put an end to some of the ridiculous mismanagement , inefficiency and wasting of money that has gone on for far too long . |
| 11 | Helen Lockwood , director of Teesside Society for the Blind , said : ‘ Nothing seems to be happening and this has gone on for so long now . |
| 12 | This one has gone on for so much longer — two years so far with no sign of it coming to an end . ’ |
| 13 | Pauchling the figures has gone on for so long that even the newscasters have got sloppy , mostly failing to add the rider that the bald headcount does not include anybody excluded from claiming benefit for whatever reason . |
| 14 | Our universe might be like that — it might have an infinite number of galaxies — but if so , it will have to go on for ever in all directions and would n't be the sort where an astronaut could do a round trip in a straight line . |
| 15 | She could have gone on for hours . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If you had n't made me hate you , it might have gone on for months . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We might have gone on for years like that — me combing the streets for you while pretending to be there on other business ! |
| 21 | He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years . |
| 22 | 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 … |
| 23 | It had to go on for ever . |
| 24 | You 've gone on for years about being the only person in the West Country with the faintest notion how to prune roses . ’ |
| 25 | Aye , because I 've , I 've gone on for weeks with it , you |
| 26 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
| 27 | they had beautiful clothes and they 've gone on for years like that . |
| 28 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 29 | COLBERT : It had gone on for too long : this is his ninth year on the Tour . |
| 30 | I was surprised , for I had lost all count of time and had felt it had gone on for a week . |