Example sentences of "has been going [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Well I think what came out of it firstly , was thanks to people like you , a tremendous amount of publicity for a problem that is certainly not a new one , one that has been going on for many many years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The real cause of the trouble is , that parents and teachers always pass on to us , as children , what they themselves have been told , and this has been going on for hundreds , or even thousands of years . |
| 5 | ‘ This has been going on for ten years , ’ he added . |
| 6 | Plant collecting has been going on for thousands of years . |
| 7 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 8 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 9 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The work at Grendon Prison has been going on for 30 years . |