Example sentences of "going for [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you have to think , International Women 's Day has been going for just about a hundred years . |
| 2 | I 've been going for so long I can do everything . |
| 3 | ’ — and the Project had been going for so long , you see . |
| 4 | Remember estate agents have been going for so long they say , Oh is that another folder ? |
| 5 | Do n't ask me how I kept going for so long , but it took a superhuman effort . |
| 6 | It was the end of an era , said site manager , who paid tribute to people 's efforts in helping to keep the factory going for so long . |
| 7 | Erm I must confess to doubting whether such a pool of talent exists and I share the views er of the Noble Lord , Lord Motterstone who in a very powerful and commonsense speech made this point an and a number of other ones , but I have to say that what I do think exists is the temptation to create posts for friends of the Government , a process of which has been going for far too long and I mem and I wonder if er members on the other side would defend this position as my Noble Friend Lord Allen said earlier , quite sincerely if , say , another party were in power before when such a time arrives it will then be of little avail for them to run around complaining , for they will have sown the seeds of their own dissatisfaction . |
| 8 | This is where the prey can score , because they can keep going for much longer . |
| 9 | ‘ Most people are going for much more conservative finance , ’ says Roger Brooke , chairman of Candover Investments , which has a reputation for large buyouts . |
| 10 | She assumed it was only a temporary lapse in character while he nursed his head but she still determined to keep the conversation going for as long as possible . |
| 11 | The prime objective was to keep plateau production going for as long as possible through increased recovery and satellites . |
| 12 | Just keep going for as long as you like on that line . |
| 13 | Similarly , do n't keep going for too long . |