Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [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 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 3 | Negotiations had been going on for 17 months before the strike . |
| 4 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |