Example sentences of "went [adv prt] for a long time " in BNC.

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1 At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress .
2 It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says .
3 This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
4 ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police .
5 The noise went on for a long time .
6 He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right .
7 That went on for a long time .
8 And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR .
9 The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time .
10 The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room .
11 The last dance went on for a long time .
12 This went on for a long time .
13 The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening .
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