Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [be] go [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | It has been going on for too long . |
2 | Today 's decline in the fertility rate does not have as superstitious , or short-lived , a cause : it has been going on steadily since 1970 . |
3 | ( It has been going on successfuly with Irish Rail and the Dublin Dart for years ) . |
4 | ‘ My father-in-law was well aware of all this ; it has been going on for some years but he would not do what was necessary to right the situation , that is cut out the loss makers and , perhaps , substitute other lines — stationery , office equipment , videos or any other line compatible with the book trade . ’ |
5 | ‘ It has been going on for a while — but not on the scale it is happening now . |
6 | It , I mean it has been going up rather high , this has been |
7 | ‘ It 's a business move and I am sorry to be leaving French rugby as it has been going well , ’ said Andrew . |
8 | There 's a racket goin' on , Aggie ; but you know as well as me it 's been goin' on for years . |
9 | Moorlake is much too big for her and it 's been going steadily to rack and ruin for years . |
10 | it 's been going around and around here for the last four days er I bet it 's been coming round the block up this street about eight to ten times a day , I du n no what 's it doing , the up here |
11 | But it 's been going on for two years . ’ |
12 | It 's been going on for long enough and I think something should be done about it , ’ he added . |
13 | You know all about what 's going on ; and it 's been going on under me nose . |
14 | ‘ I laugh at this straight into paperback initiative , it 's been going on forever , ’ he says . |
15 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
16 | They must know it 's been going on at domestic and international level for a long time . |
17 | Yeah , I mean it 's been going on for ages |
18 | I gather it 's been going on for years . ’ |
19 | ‘ I 'm so glad I told you , ’ she continued — ’ I 've been feeling terribly guilty while it 's been going on . ’ |
20 | We 'll debate and these instructions , but there 's always this shortfall , and it 's been going on for far too long , and we still have an increasing number of responsibilities , and I just find it extremely distressing to have to sit here time and time again , to go through doing things that we really know we should n't be . |
21 | It 's been going on for about seventeen months now and the in chief man at Hill House was rather interested to hear that we 'd not actually had it resolved yet , and asked for the reference numbers and . |
22 | It makes me wonder just how long it 's been going on , or if it was merely a way to get Calder out of an awkward situation . ’ |
23 | it 's been going on for hundreds of years and I do n't see why it should stop . |
24 | they want normal speech , they do n't even people do n't even know it 's been going on . |
25 | It 's been going on for months |
26 | erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ? |
27 | it 's been going on now for what ? |
28 | And then I got into this whole thing about what I call the invisible descender theory , which is a joke in my studio but it 's been going on for , you know , nearly twenty years so it 's become a law . |
29 | it 's been going on for |
30 | So he put it in shed , left it in shed for a while and then it were not last year the year before , he took it down , I 'm putting this in dustbin duck he says it 's no damn good , we went on holiday and me daughter 's boyfriend came down while we were away and er , he must of been looking in dustbin he says what 's this telly doing , our Mandy said it 's no good , me dad 's slinging it out , so he took it home and fixed it , it 's been going ever since |