Example sentences of "been go [adv] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They realised just what the people in Northern Ireland have been going through for 25 years . |
| 2 | Efforts to procure his extradition , which have been going on for five years , and which seemed for a time to have been successful , have now been thwarted , at least for the moment . |
| 3 | Is he aware that the negotiations have been going on for five years , that we must have a replacement for the multi-fibre arrangement that will enable our textiles to penetrate the markets of countries which do not allow any textiles in and those with tariffs of 200 per cent. , and that even the United States has a tariff of 36 per cent . |
| 4 | Negotiations had been going on for 17 months before the strike . |
| 5 | But it 's been going on for two years . ’ |
| 6 | In another class , a boy is being cross-examined on complaints by both girls and boys in the class that he has been groping them ; it emerges through class discussion that this has been going on for two years . |
| 7 | Their success revealed the misunderstanding had been going on for six years . |
| 8 | The present round of talks , which broke down and sparked the trade war between the US and Europe yesterday , has been going on for six years . |
| 9 | ‘ And these unveilings have been going on for eight years ? |
| 10 | The work at Grendon Prison has been going on for 30 years . |
| 11 | ‘ This has been going on for ten years , ’ he added . |
| 12 | Although we have been going there for 10 years the excitement of seeing all our friends will never ever die and I hope it is going to stay a good , clean Holiday site for many years . |
| 13 | My boyfriend and I have been going out for six weeks and everything is wonderful but it takes me honestly two hours to reach orgasm . |