Example sentences of "can go [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can go on for two hours or more , until all the eggs have been laid . |
| 2 | This can go on for several hours on a number of occasions two hundred or more eggs have been counted . |
| 3 | ‘ I can go on for another three or four years yet because I 'm still as fit as a fiddle , ’ he said . |
| 4 | John looked at his watch , ‘ Come on Mary , we can go on for another ten minutes and I 'd like to find out what is around that bend . ’ |
| 5 | So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again . |
| 6 | Playing hard to get is a game which can go on for some considerable time , especially if one has as ardent a suitor as the French . |
| 7 | Once the patient is used to getting out of the house , he can go out for social occasions . |
| 8 | On the other hand , he can ask for provisional damages and get a lesser sum now which may seem unattractive even though he can go back for more later . |