Example sentences of "[be] go on for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 32 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 33 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 34 | ‘ This has been going on for ten years , ’ he added . |
| 35 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 36 | ‘ Hard to tell what 's going on for sure . ’ |
| 37 | So upon this , my third post-chapel ‘ chat ’ of my first Lent term , ‘ The boy who refused to be confirmed at a Woodard School ’ was launched , and the annual , ‘ All those who have n't been confirmed , stay behind after matins ’ was to go on for four more weary years . |
| 38 | All the happening was going on for other people miles away . |
| 39 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |