Example sentences of "go on for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It also goes on for bloody ages .
2 All the happening was going on for other people miles away .
3 There has been work going on for sometime in developing user friendly programs for statistical analysis which are ‘ intelligent ’ in that they include many checks for pitfalls and errors .
4 ‘ Hard to tell what 's going on for sure . ’
5 Is a search still going on for missing material ?
6 Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs .
7 Like a true professional , Floyd was determined the show would go on for New Year 's Eve at his pub , the Maltsters Arms .
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