Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv prt] for [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been lying up for about a year and a half |
| 2 | Efforts to find a suitable site for the Vintage & Rotary Wing Collection , with workshops in Stoke-on-Trent , have been going on for quite a while , but the reaction has always been negative — we even had the comment that ‘ We do n't want an aircraft scrapyard here ! ’ |
| 3 | It was not until the bombing had been going on for almost a week that the Iraqi foreign minister issued a protest . |
| 4 | They will be standing up for quite a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ I was walking back for over an hour through deserted streets . |