Example sentences of "[pers pn] go [adv] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Just before Christmas I moved jobs , and in the middle of January I went away for three days on a course . |
| 4 | I was meant to talk for fifteen minutes but I went on for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 5 | I experienced the medical practice side , I went out for two or three assignments to get a feel for it and it 's doable . |
| 6 | No it was our summer holiday , I went off for two weeks , when I came back Paula was off for a month . |
| 7 | Yes , her and I went together for seventeen year , before us got married . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah I know it 's easier no you must feel really gutted , I mean I would I know , because as you said , you going out for ten months yeah exactly , yeah , exactly I mean come on you really liked him fancied him loved him oh wow , I said love , love love , I do n't know love hey man yeah yeah it 's probably , you know like when you dumped him for Danny it 's just probably like that yeah exactly exactly , so do n't worry oh come on he ca n't give up ten months for nothing I know it has to end someday , but it does n't I mean it 's like everyone thinks like that , it really annoys me , everybody , right who 's about our age yeah , they just go out with someone knowing that one day it 's gon na end , they 're just waiting for the day , and that you know , you should go out with someone with the intentions of being with them forever I know that sounds pathetic , but it 's true , yeah I know , yeah exactly yeah , yeah I know , why do you think I said it ? |
| 9 | You go away for thirteen weeks on a course with the dog , you 're introduced to the dog you 're gon na work with , yeah ? |
| 10 | You go in for three days and you have a big dose of drugs . |
| 11 | But it 's important not to say they 've only got two minutes for something , and then let them go on for ten . |
| 12 | They went on for three hours before she fell asleep , exhausted but more relaxed than since her husband died . |
| 13 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 14 | It goes along for twelve months . |
| 15 | But he went out for three days , never for an hour and a quarter . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . " |
| 18 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |