Example sentences of "going [adv prt] [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 | it 's going on now for seven weeks |
7 | There , she was high up above the woods , but instead of being able to see all that was going on below for miles around , as she had expected , all she could see was — leaves ! |
8 | Many of the drivers are Brunel enthusiasts , but others are going along just for the ride . |
9 | Sandford , however , urged us to defer going down there for at least two months : the rains had only recently ended and after the rains a virulent type of malaria was prevalent in the Awash valley . |
10 | I have n't been there for oh I 'm always going down there for petrol now . |
11 | Well , I saw his van really , once when he came to pick up Billy when they were going off somewhere for the weekend . |
12 | ‘ What 's she going up there for ? |
13 | ‘ I would n't mind going out there for two or three months at a time but not permanently . ’ |
14 | Are we going out then for my birthday ? |
15 | We had been going out together for four years ; he was more like a brother than a boyfriend . |
16 | They both liked it , and began going out together for about a month until he left to do summer stock in Fishkill , NY , and she went to Philadelphia where she was chosen as a principal dancer with the Pennsylvania Ballet . |