Example sentences of "[v-ing] on for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
| 2 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 3 | And it 's still going on for another season . |
| 4 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 5 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 6 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 7 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 8 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 9 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 10 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 11 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Is she staying on for another couple of Luxembourg performances ? |
| 15 | I was going back to London the next day ; the actor was staying on for another week . |
| 16 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 17 | . We still have n't got a name for this er facility , been dragging on for some time . |
| 18 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |