Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] on for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand that revision of the regulations , which has been going on for sometime , is reaching its final phase . |
| 2 | This phenomenon has been going on for long enough in Shetland waters for it to be given a local name of ‘ fuglicaa ’ , which is derived from old Norse ‘ fugl ’ meaning bird and ‘ caa ’ to drive ( as in sheep ) — literally a ‘ bird-drive ’ . |
| 3 | It has been going on for too long . |
| 4 | I 'm actually concerned that if we , did anybody know about this issue earlier on because I think this has been going on for quite some time erm probably over the last two years and if anyone did know then why did n't they address it before and if anyone did n't know , why not ? |
| 5 | This one seems to have been going on for far too long ! |
| 6 | Terry had written out a very detailed plan for a farm-school project for juvenile offenders that he had been working on for almost two years . |
| 7 | The affair had been going on for nearly two years . |
| 8 | Investigations into the activities of this particular smuggling gang had been going on for nearly twelve months prior to the climax of Yashmak and were initiated in Sussex . |
| 9 | The search for Louise Butler had been going on for over two days . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was not until the bombing had been going on for almost a week that the Iraqi foreign minister issued a protest . |
| 12 | Looking back I find it hard to believe that I did n't keep abreast of all the war news ; but the war had been going on for so long that I , like almost every girl of my generation , had lost interest in it . |
| 13 | This partly explains why they 've been struggling on for around six years now , but is no excuse in the current climate for them not gaining some long overdue recognition . |
| 14 | erm I 'm conscious of the fact that I 've been going on for perhaps too long and I may not have said quite enough about Darwin , but let me just finish by saying this that it 's not possible today , I believe , to discuss any important problem in biology without Darwin 's thought being absolutely central to what you 're saying all the time . |
| 15 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |
| 16 | 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 ! ’ |
| 17 | Eyes turned to boarded up windows and rubbish strewn in gardens and the depressing picture moved the prince to say : ‘ This is why I have been going on for so long about architecture in the environment . ’ |
| 18 | It 's been going on for about seventeen months now and the in chief man at Hill House was rather interested to hear that we 'd not actually had it resolved yet , and asked for the reference numbers and . |
| 19 | We 'll debate and these instructions , but there 's always this shortfall , and it 's been going on for far too long , and we still have an increasing number of responsibilities , and I just find it extremely distressing to have to sit here time and time again , to go through doing things that we really know we should n't be . |
| 20 | It 's been going on for long enough and I think something should be done about it , ’ he added . |