Example sentences of "they have been [v-ing] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | What I 'd like you to do , is to try and put into words , what the main problems are at the moment , when they occur , where they occur , and how long they 've been going on for ’ . |
| 4 | In fact ever since the pair of them started going out together they 've been going on about having to find poor old Jenny a new man . |
| 5 | Then they had been sinking on to the bed and , between kisses and caresses , peeling the clothes hungrily from one another , until at last they lay naked , side by side . |
| 6 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |
| 7 | Borders Regional Council also believes the new fishing dimension in the funding rules , given the fishing industry at Eyemouth , will strengthen the case for access to rural development to finance which they have been working on with Scottish Borders Enterprise for several years . |