Example sentences of "gone [adv prt] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate has now gone on for thirty minutes . |
| 2 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 3 | The WRU and its leading 18 clubs are deadlocked over the issue of leagues , with no sign of a thaw in the cold war between the two bodies which has gone on for two years . |
| 4 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 6 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 7 | It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long . |
| 8 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
| 9 | Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’ |
| 10 | Madam Speaker in view of the fact that the real value of pensions has gone down for many years now following the break . |
| 11 | Incidentally , it does n't include the disposal of Smithmark We 've also er we 've also gone in for other cost reduction exercises , for instance at er Dalton with a review of warehousing and distribution er , we should save about a million pounds in a full year and we 've been ramming home to our chief executives the need for annual payroll reviews to be geared to the profitability of the company rather than t rather than to the rate of inflation er , or even , er in , even the market place . |
| 12 | The arts community has always gone in for manic attention-seeking , of course — the oxygen of publicity ( to borrow a phrase ) being crucial to its survival . |
| 13 | ‘ Diana is an Uptown girl who has never gone in for downtown men , ’ observes Rory Scott . |
| 14 | Clients who have gone in for Public Issues often rue the day they chose to sell through a licensed dealer . |
| 15 | And if he 's simply got tired of the pressure and gone off for six months to play golf and be with his family , they usually say he 's short of bottle . |
| 16 | She agreed , but said that before he began work with Brian Harley — after the Safari circuit but before the European Tour began — he had gone off for several days ’ training . |
| 17 | However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise . |
| 18 | Yeah , we 've been out we 've gone out for six weeks tomorrow . |
| 19 | ‘ How many times have you gone out for romantic dinners with women ? ’ |