Example sentences of "went on for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she said , ‘ The audience did n't know what the f — we were on about and it went on for simply ages , but Ken could be very indulgent with that sort of manic streak . ’ |
| 2 | Oh , it did , went on for up to the time I retired . |
| 3 | The attack went on for up to five minutes before the two attackers made off on foot . |
| 4 | This went on for well over a month , with the owls flying free in the barn , until we were sure they were confident and happy in their surroundings . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the negotiations between the three publishers jostling for position went on for over a year without reaching a conclusion : ‘ It was very difficult to find common ground and make sure that everyone had their fair share . ’ |
| 6 | The war went on for over a thousand years . |
| 7 | The shelling went on for about an hour then almost complete silence descended on the area as I continued to stare to my front . |
| 8 | The fight went on for about an hour . |
| 9 | ‘ It went on for about an hour , and although we could n't see anything we could feel what was happening to them . |
| 10 | I think the rain and I went on for about three hours . |
| 11 | These began around 1947 and went on for about two years . |
| 12 | This went on for about two hours , and then they got into their boats and sailed away . |
| 13 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |
| 14 | This went on for about ten evenings and at the end of it all he had lost a stone in weight and had attracted the waterfowl from the entire county ! |
| 15 | The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down . |
| 16 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 17 | departure indeed from last year where the official parade went on for around 2 hours and there was really very little hint of even a bit of descent . |
| 18 | The applause that greeted them was like a thunder clap and went on for so long that the Girls could not hear the music and had to count under their breath to synchronize their kicks . |
| 19 | And then borrow it again on a Friday or a Saturday and this went on for so long er he 'd eventually Tom said , by the way Jack , he said , whose pound note , whose pound is this ? |
| 20 | ‘ I can not say what he actually said because it was so bad , and it went on for so long . |
| 21 | And if I 'm a wicked , evil news reporter , I 'm going to leave out all the nice , positive things that you said , because you went on for so long I 'm interviewing you at half past twelve for the one o'clock news . |
| 22 | That went on for quite a long time |
| 23 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
| 24 | This went on for quite a while before it spoke again . |
| 25 | But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while . |
| 26 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 27 | Broadly speaking , sound was good but Mr Ponor felt the sound of the carriage at the beginning was a little distracting and went on for too long . |
| 28 | Moreover , the whole process was self-perpetuating ; the guest became the host in an act of social revenge and thus it went on for ever . |
| 29 | It looked as though it went on for ever . ’ |
| 30 | I ca n't remember much about that first talk , but it went on for much longer than the five to ten minutes it was supposed to last . |