Example sentences of "going on for [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Army bomb disposal experts arrived at Dorton late this afternoon to join the search of the trackside that had already been going on for four and a half hours . |
| 2 | It is reported on the front page of The Times today that the common agricultural policy — that squalid policy which is costing British families an average of £18.50 a week each — will destroy the world free trade talks , which have been going on for four or five years , and involve just about every country in the world . |
| 3 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 4 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 5 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
| 6 | We keep we keep going on for longer and longer but it 's taking a lot longer for us to get any closer . |