Example sentences of "be [verb] on for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 2 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 3 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 4 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 5 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 6 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 7 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 9 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 10 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 11 | . We still have n't got a name for this er facility , been dragging on for some time . |
| 12 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |