Example sentences of "gone [adv] for [adv] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 This terrible matter has brought shame on Leicestershire , and we expect to get to the heart of how it could have gone on for so long , while apparently nobody did anything about it .
2 Helen Lockwood , director of Teesside Society for the Blind , said : ‘ Nothing seems to be happening and this has gone on for so long now .
3 This one has gone on for so much longer — two years so far with no sign of it coming to an end . ’
4 COLBERT : It had gone on for too long : this is his ninth year on the Tour .
5 This separation has gone on for far too long .
6 Hon. Members will have an opportunity to debate the Bill , but , whatever happens , it is far better to have a system that is more accountable to local people and that will , we hope , put an end to some of the ridiculous mismanagement , inefficiency and wasting of money that has gone on for far too long .
7 And with his wife gone out for long enough with one of her admirers …
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