Example sentences of "[modal v] go [adv] for [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The troubles are going on for over 20 years and the NI Office is doing very little about it , so it could go on for another 20 years . |
| 2 | He says time may be running out — it has run out for alot … this may go on for several more years — we have n't go several more years . |
| 3 | Maybe the Sergeant Major would go in for some Greek dancing , and smash all the house DJ 's records instead of plates . |
| 4 | You will go in for these educational |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I can go on for another three or four years yet because I 'm still as fit as a fiddle , ’ he said . |
| 7 | 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 . |