Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] for [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have not been trading profitably there for quite some and there comes a point when one has to say enough is enough . ’ |
| 2 | Now the District Council have taken a lot of money off this town , over the market stalls now , for a number of years , and I believe if they 're going to do a scheme like this which has been going on now for over eight years , it should be done all in one go . |
| 3 | After all , evolution has been going on now for about four billion years as far as we know and there are n't very many long-lived organisms . |
| 4 | After running dead straight for about 160 metres , the Royal Road reaches the modern road from Heraklion . |
| 5 | This would require a great deal of organisation to ensure compatibility of all the units involved , but ICAO did a similar thing many years ago with ILS air and ground equipment and that has been working successfully now for over thirty-five years . |