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 | knows what is going on at all times within the department ; |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Those who had time also diligently collected their most important legal documents — the deeds of ownership to property , the maps of their orange groves and fields , their tax returns and their identity papers going back to Ottoman times — and packed them into bags and tins along with family heirlooms and jewellery and their front door keys . |
| 15 | There is an even older architectural tradition , going back to Roman times . |
| 16 | " Yes , oysters — going back to Roman times . |
| 17 | Where the arable trail demonstrates how conservation and modern farming techniques can flourish side by side , Cow Wood , with a history going back to medieval times , emphasises the environmental importance of well-managed woodland and is a logical extension of the Bovingdon Hall concept . |