Example sentences of "have been [verb] on for the " in BNC.

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1 In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years .
2 The whiplash dynamics of Batman Returns represent the culmination of a process that has been going on for the last 15 years .
3 It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks .
4 Extra midwives had been taken on for the same reason .
5 Ramped Craft Logistic and mexeflote rafts had been arriving regularly throughout the night , continuing the build-up of vehicles and ammunition Which had been going on for the past two days .
6 In the U K the improvement plans we 've been working on for the last two years have been very successfully implemented but they 've been overtaken by the U K recession .
7 Other events have been laid on for the old-timers , including a tour on Wednesday of Craigantlet hillclimb , one of the oldest events in the British championship , and an autotest at Ballywalter on Thursday afternoon .
8 Sixty extra Scottish Office staff have been taken on for the agriculture department 's area offices , plus a further 30 at its Edinburgh headquarters .
9 This allowance is very limited — it is available only for married women whose child/children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months .
10 They tell us what 's been happening on the unit that we 're going to be working on , so that we know what 's been going on for the morning . ’
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