Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [been] [v-ing] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her admirer had already been bound over to keep the peace after being arrested on her doorstep , and his unwelcome attentions had been going on for over six years . |
| 2 | The milkmen have been watching out for customers who lay their part in the community , are good neighbour , keep a watchful eye on elderly residents , or putting nuts out for the birds . |
| 3 | To most people the term Gatt means very little but the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which 108 countries have been wrestling over for the past six years is vital to fair trading throughout the world . |
| 4 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 5 | ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’ |
| 6 | Negotiations had been going on for 17 months before the strike . |
| 7 | ‘ And these unveilings have been going on for eight years ? |
| 8 | The marquees have been going up for the Hay on Wye festival of Literature which begins tonight . |
| 9 | Is he aware that the negotiations have been going on for five years , that we must have a replacement for the multi-fibre arrangement that will enable our textiles to penetrate the markets of countries which do not allow any textiles in and those with tariffs of 200 per cent. , and that even the United States has a tariff of 36 per cent . |
| 10 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 11 | Welcome back:Thousands of new Oxford students have been signing up for anything from scuba diving to tiddlywinks , in this year 's freshers ' fair . |
| 12 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 13 | Talks have been going on for weeks over the future of the Royal marriage , but despite repeated attempts to save it , the Queen finally decided it was all over on Tuesday afternoon . |
| 14 | The raids had been going on for months , but had become increasingly violent : by mid-May they involved border posts being strafed with bullets or set on fire . |
| 15 | A wider political initiative , with UN armed observers escorting food and convoys , and increased financial output , was not launched until as late as August , by which time looting of food supplies had been going on for some months . |