Example sentences of "going [adv] for a long time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest .
2 There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time .
3 Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks .
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 He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why .
6 ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’
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