Example sentences of "that [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what 's the point of holding a meeting that goes on for more than twelve hours ? |
| 2 | There are the inevitable distilleries : an industry that goes on for ever . |
| 3 | It is more difficult to understand the senseless vandalism that goes on in comparatively affluent areas . |
| 4 | It was coined in 1969 by the American scientist John Wheeler as a graphic description of an idea that goes back at least two hundred years , to a time when there were two theories about light : one , which Newton favored , was that it was composed of particles ; the other was that it was made of waves . |
| 5 | Rather than emulate the original , Kaiser and his cronies turn David 's innocent little rebellious rocker into a full blown free-form jazz improvisation piece that chugs along for over 12 minutes . |
| 6 | The wind is also likely to be important in carrying off much of the angular momentum of the gas that falls in from more distant regions of the Galaxy . |
| 7 | So that works out to around ten thousand pounds a year . |
| 8 | He was quite prepared to hail this as a ‘ great film ’ , for if critics were prepared to lavish that term ‘ on any half-chewed jumble of stills that comes in from abroad , then I am in favour of loosening up with it on the home front ’ . |