Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] been [v-ing] on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 2 | Haunting has been going on for years and years and years . |
| 3 | A sort of messy , mucky drama has been going on for years , about unselectivity and conglomeration : ‘ Let them have the experience , all of them , every one of them , every minute of every time ! ’ ( p. 8 ) . |
| 4 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 5 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 6 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 7 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 8 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 9 | A charming little intimate orgy has been going on for centuries . |
| 10 | It is an idea the Pru has been working on for many years , and Mr Lawrence has been at the forefront of the plans . |
| 11 | ‘ I know that picking the seam has been going on for years , but tampering with the ball is a different matter . |
| 12 | Plant collecting has been going on for thousands of years . |
| 13 | This phenomenon has been going on for long enough in Shetland waters for it to be given a local name of ‘ fuglicaa ’ , which is derived from old Norse ‘ fugl ’ meaning bird and ‘ caa ’ to drive ( as in sheep ) — literally a ‘ bird-drive ’ . |
| 14 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |
| 15 | Erm if we knew the answer and this problem has been going on for for nine months . |
| 16 | The work at Grendon Prison has been going on for 30 years . |