Example sentences of "go [adv] for three " in BNC.
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1 | But Jay did n't want to go home for three , what , four hours to mope over Lucy , alone ? |
2 | mm , mm in any event members of the jury I , I forgot to mention to you earlier , er , thank you Mr you probably feel a wisdom of this having done several days of this case , two and a half hours is just about as long as anybody can be expected to sit and listen to evidence and er , what I was going to do , and I hope it does n't inconvenience anybody , I was going , instead of going on for three hours till one o'clock , I was gon na break off about half past twelve to about half past one , to break up the day as you know , I hope that 's alright , so what we 'll do we 'll go on now and , and I 'm sure , I think it 's doubtful if you would have got to that point by half past twelve , and then you and Lord sort it out and your learned duties as much as you can in the adjournment and then tell me afterwards what the brochure position is , I 'm sure you 've no objection to disclosing any brochures that you 've got that erm , or can get er which relate to that point |
3 | So in that sense , the build the , the equities have kept pace , but if you think in the short term , you 'll always be out of , out of order with shares , if you 're thinking of going in for three or four years , you you 're likely to get your fingers burnt . |
4 | And just as she was feeling sure and secure , a smile becoming a real part of her as she gloried in the feeling growing between them , Lucy gave her to understand that she was going away for three weeks . |
5 | Then Guy told Leonora he was going away for three weeks to Wales , to take photographs for a travel book , and suggested she went with him . |
6 | If you are going abroad for three months or more , tell your local social security office well in advance . |
7 | Pensions can be paid to an overseas address , if you are going abroad for three months or more . |
8 | But the Queen will see just about every past and present RAF aircraft a flypast which will go on for three quarters of an hour . |
9 | Lectures often began as early as 5 or 6 a.m. in the summer ( 7 a.m. in the winter ) , and sometimes the first lecture went on for three hours , no provision being made for any food before 10 a.m . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
12 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |
13 | They went on for three hours before she fell asleep , exhausted but more relaxed than since her husband died . |
14 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
15 | You go in for three days and you have a big dose of drugs . |
16 | Her answer machine er she 's got two answer machines cos she so when the other wo she kept having a lot of trouble with it , kept breaking down and it 'd go away for three weeks and she 'd be without it |
17 | Just before Christmas I moved jobs , and in the middle of January I went away for three days on a course . |
18 | Similarly it was in a private letter that a Cornish mine agent wrote in 1793 : The common tinners continue to be very refractory and insolent : many of them refuse to work , and have not gone underground for three weeks past — They have no cause for it for their wages have been rather too high lately than otherwise ; the consequence has been too much brandy drinking and other bad practices . |
19 | But he went out for three days , never for an hour and a quarter . |