Example sentences of "going [adv prt] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contracts of employment were unknown and I remember the gloom at home if Dad announced that the works were going on to short time . |
| 2 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 3 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 4 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 7 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 8 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 9 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Going back into prehistoric time even these volumes were far exceeded by the eruption of Toba , yet another volcano in the very active Indonesian region . |