Example sentences of "go [adv] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time . |
| 2 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
| 3 | The arrival of Islam and the Arabic language was to mark another of the great turning points in the history of Egypt , and their absorption by Egyptian society went on over a long period , being generally a peaceful and incremental process . |
| 4 | It was this particular characteristic of syphilis , that both the primary sore and the secondary rash will go away after a certain period , that produced so many varied cures in the pre-antibiotic era . |
| 5 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |