Example sentences of "[been] going [adv] [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
2 | Now the District Council have taken a lot of money off this town , over the market stalls now , for a number of years , and I believe if they 're going to do a scheme like this which has been going on now for over eight years , it should be done all in one go . |
3 | After all , evolution has been going on now for about four billion years as far as we know and there are n't very many long-lived organisms . |
4 | Batty , speaking on Leeds clubcall , said yesterday : ‘ The speculation has been going on now for a couple of years . |
5 | it 's been going on now for what ? |
6 | Tickets had not been going too well for this event before the European Indoor , but afterwards Cosford was soon sold out . |
7 | We had been going out together for four years ; he was more like a brother than a boyfriend . |