Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] be go [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
2 | A sort of messy , mucky drama has been going on for years , about unselectivity and conglomeration : ‘ Let them have the experience , all of them , every one of them , every minute of every time ! ’ ( p. 8 ) . |
3 | The process has been going on for some time . |
4 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
5 | A charming little intimate orgy has been going on for centuries . |
6 | ‘ I know that picking the seam has been going on for years , but tampering with the ball is a different matter . |
7 | ‘ It just seems not a lot has been going right for me this season . |
8 | Plant collecting has been going on for thousands of years . |
9 | This phenomenon has been going on for long enough in Shetland waters for it to be given a local name of ‘ fuglicaa ’ , which is derived from old Norse ‘ fugl ’ meaning bird and ‘ caa ’ to drive ( as in sheep ) — literally a ‘ bird-drive ’ . |
10 | Erm if we knew the answer and this problem has been going on for for nine months . |
11 | ‘ The Division 's been going out for the last fifteen years ; slowly but surely . ’ |
12 | The work at Grendon Prison has been going on for 30 years . |