Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [v-ing] on in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , the issue has been rumbling on in the French press , being kept alive for the fast-approaching Five Nations Championship . |
| 2 | I do n't believe that the method of selling cars with huge discounts that has been going on in the US for some time is good for the companies , and I also do n't think long term it 's good for the industrial base of the country and therefore ultimately for the customer . |
| 3 | For 38 years , a dirty , secret war has been going on in Guatemala , a war which has largely been ignored by the outside world . |
| 4 | A well orchestrated campaign has been going on in the British press for the last two or three weeks , led by a PR firm engaged by the dealer Dr David Nasser Khalili himself , to persuade the British public that it would be a crying shame if there were not a Nasser Khalili museum in the centre of London . |
| 5 | Something similar has been going on in Turner 's music . |
| 6 | Listen , too much has been going on in my head of late . |
| 7 | However let us turn to what has been going on in Mid-Wales : — |
| 8 | I say metamorphosing because it is our firm intention to continue the natural development process which has been going on in recent years , rather than make any radical changes just because we are now a university . |
| 9 | Can anyone give me a brief update on what exactly has been going on in my absence , i.e. who is being sold and why ? |
| 10 | that a major consultation has been going on in one is reminded of the earlier discussion about er St Albans , twelve thousand questionnaires have been sent out and there |
| 11 | Work has been going on in Oxford , partly funded by the Trust , to understand more about meningitis , why and how it can kill ; exactly what the founders in Stroud wanted in the panicky days of 1986 . |
| 12 | The project , which may be the subject of announcements around the UniForum trade show next month , is among a number of similar joint developments Oracle has been working on in conjunction with symmetrical multi-processor ( SMP ) hardware suppliers , including Pyramid rivals Sequent Computer Systems Inc and NCR Corp ( UX No 325 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | So that 's what 's been going on in terms of output , in terms of orders already received , orders are up in all mainland regions of the U K. It 's the first time that we 've seen that since er the beginning of the recession and that 's the sense in which we think one can say erm reasonably sort of er straightforwardly that the recovery has indeed spread around the mainland economy . |
| 16 | And after all the fuss that 's been going on in work I do n't really like to ask to go early . |