Example sentences of "[Wh det] [modal v] [verb] on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | An ‘ abstract ’ — a summary of your claim in not more than 150 words — needs to be written for this stage , which may go on for some time . |
| 2 | That would be one less thing for him to worry about with regards to his mother , for she would still be mistress of the house , at least until the war was over , which might go on for a year , perhaps two . |
| 3 | Crozier sought to delay the making of the statement on the ground that it defamed him and might prejudice the jury in Barnet 's action against him , which would come on for trial some six months later . |
| 4 | We can have an infinite chess game which will go on for months . |
| 5 | But the Queen will see just about every past and present RAF aircraft a flypast which will go on for three quarters of an hour . |
| 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 | The Hybrid Bill procedure is also relatively speedy — 14 months from the first Channel Tunnel Bill to the final Act — when compared with major pubic inquiries which can drag on for several years . |