Example sentences of "[pron] 's be going on " in BNC.

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1 But it 's been going on for two years . ’
2 It 's been going on for long enough and I think something should be done about it , ’ he added .
3 You know all about what 's going on ; and it 's been going on under me nose .
4 ‘ I laugh at this straight into paperback initiative , it 's been going on forever , ’ he says .
5 It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest .
6 They must know it 's been going on at domestic and international level for a long time .
7 Yeah , I mean it 's been going on for ages
8 I gather it 's been going on for years . ’
9 ‘ I 'm so glad I told you , ’ she continued — ’ I 've been feeling terribly guilty while it 's been going on . ’
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 It makes me wonder just how long it 's been going on , or if it was merely a way to get Calder out of an awkward situation . ’
13 it 's been going on for hundreds of years and I do n't see why it should stop .
14 they want normal speech , they do n't even people do n't even know it 's been going on .
15 It 's been going on for months
16 erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ?
17 it 's been going on now for what ?
18 And then I got into this whole thing about what I call the invisible descender theory , which is a joke in my studio but it 's been going on for , you know , nearly twenty years so it 's become a law .
19 it 's been going on for
20 He 's been going on about the dignity of labour . ’
21 What 's been going on , then ? ’ asked Simon .
22 ‘ I 've got a good idea what 's been going on . ’
23 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 . ’
24 Maybe we can beat the interference ; get more information on what 's been going on out here . ’
25 What 's been going on ?
26 My people ca n't afford to let it be known what 's been going on here . ’
27 Lamb said : ‘ We are aware of what 's been going on in India and obviously things are not as rosey as we would have liked , but we all hope the conflict will die down .
28 Arms akimbo , her face still white under her heavy makeup , she snarled : ‘ Will one of you please explain what 's been going on behind my back ? ’
29 Royal , who looks like a bit he 's been carved out of rock , warned of what will happen if we follow in the wake of what 's been going on in the States .
30 I think you 'd better tell me exactly what 's been going on here . ’
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