Example sentences of "went [adv] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These went on for fifteen minutes , again under the hard gaze of Sister Mary . |
| 2 | The battles went on for four days that August and at least thirty-four people were killed . |
| 3 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 4 | Virginia had no property qualifications to limit men 's right to vote until 1670 , and this was a little more like the usual arrangements in a company , where all shareholders were able to vote , than the position in parliamentary elections , where property qualifications for voting went on for hundreds of years to come . |
| 5 | The war between England and Spain went on for sixteen years after the defeat of the Armada , with a good deal of the English effort being undertaken by private ventures like Drake 's ( though they were easier to acknowledge once war had begun officially ) . |
| 6 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 7 | I was meant to talk for fifteen minutes but I went on for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 8 | So popular was this concert that there was no admission charge , only a collection , as it went on for two evenings , but strangely enough , David did n't offer to take part , although George Underwood did and he had a very popular group called George and the Dragons at the time . |
| 9 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
| 10 | So it went on for two long hours during which the thousands present learned nothing about Fascism except the bravery and pertinacity of its young adherents in dealing with this very perilous situation . " |
| 11 | This went on for two weeks . |
| 12 | And that went on for two or three weeks you know , and I said to the the station master at when he came across on his once a week visits he would come across . |
| 13 | This went on for five whole days — |
| 14 | The wheat went on for thousands of miles , looking just the same everywhere . |
| 15 | The musical interlude went on for ten minutes and finished with the mad figures collapsing on the ground . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
| 19 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |
| 20 | They went on for three hours before she fell asleep , exhausted but more relaxed than since her husband died . |
| 21 | After pitching their tents , the travellers held a rave party that went on for 3 days and nights . |
| 22 | A flicker of hope came when three West Indian wickets went down for 69 , but then it was Haynes ' turn to come good after a disappointing series . |
| 23 | A target of 128 should not have been beyond England , but four wickets went down for 15 and it was left to Gower and Botham to make a game of it . |
| 24 | Jackman had Greenidge caught with his fifth ball in Test cricket , and shortly before lunch the fourth wicket went down for 65 . |
| 25 | Only Willey , who seemed to play his best Test innings against West Indian thunderbolts , made a fight of it with 71 ; Botham hammered a quick 29 , but the last wicket went down for 152 , leaving West Indies needing five to win . |
| 26 | Yes , her and I went together for seventeen year , before us got married . ’ |
| 27 | Maybe if I was on Sandøya when winter came , when the sun went in for two or three months , when all the water froze , when ice covered the ground and fishing was a risky business of frozen fingers and ears , on water in which survival was measured in seconds , I would be less romantic about it . |
| 28 | In return , she offered to look after my own birds when I went away for one weekend ( it was after the war but rationing was still in force , and most people who could , kept chickens ) . |
| 29 | Daphne recalls how , early on , ‘ I made the mistake of allowing one to become too fond of me and , when I went away for two weeks , she died of a broken heart . |
| 30 | Just before Christmas I moved jobs , and in the middle of January I went away for three days on a course . |