Example sentences of "[adv] for ever [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wished this could go on for ever but I realised that all too soon I would have to return . |
| 2 | It ca n't go on for ever because characters such as the Fat Slags ( right ) can only go on so long before the joke starts to wear thin . |
| 3 | Hospital appointments seemed to go on for ever and when I left for the Sahara , I forgot to cancel one of them . |
| 4 | She wanted it to go on for ever and ever ! |
| 5 | I suddenly had the sense that this was going to go on for ever and the conversation became an argument . |
| 6 | Our friend will carry on for ever and never return . ’ |
| 7 | so be aware that you do n't want to ramble on too long or this appointment could go on for ever and a day . |
| 8 | Going on for ever and ever . |
| 9 | Lunch-times can go on for ever if you have no friends and no one invites you to join in with what they are doing . |
| 10 | ’ He did look at her then , rather sadly and searchingly as if he were going away for ever and wanted to remember what she looked like . |
| 11 | The day we drove to his mother 's great big house with its green lawns and clipped hedges , I knew that my war was over for ever and Raymond was by my side . ’ |
| 12 | Sure the menopause has its misery , but not for ever and not everyone suffers . |
| 13 | All-seeing , all-wise , all-present , self-existent , He has made all things well for ever and ever . |
| 14 | Then this mood would lift , and she could write appreciatively again : ‘ We get snatches of divine loneliness here … why not stay here for ever and ever , enjoying this immortal rhythm in which both soul and eye are at rest ? |
| 15 | What but what what we 're talking about timing here because we wo n't we wo n't er we wo n't for ever and ever you see . |
| 16 | The agreement purported to grant a term of uncertain duration which , if valid , now entitles the tenant to stay there for ever and a day at the 1930 rent of £30 ; valuers acting for both parties have agreed that the annual current commercial rent exceeds £10,000 . |