Example sentences of "[verb] go [adv prt] for a long " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time .
2 ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’
3 It seemed to go on for a long time .
4 Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad .
5 They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey .
6 Both have gone on for a long time .
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