Example sentences of "[verb] [be] going for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the actual game has been going for over 65 years there was a slight change made in 1943 when the event became a charity match to raise funds for the specific purpose of the prevention of blindness . |
| 2 | Well you have to think , International Women 's Day has been going for just about a hundred years . |
| 3 | Erm I must confess to doubting whether such a pool of talent exists and I share the views er of the Noble Lord , Lord Motterstone who in a very powerful and commonsense speech made this point an and a number of other ones , but I have to say that what I do think exists is the temptation to create posts for friends of the Government , a process of which has been going for far too long and I mem and I wonder if er members on the other side would defend this position as my Noble Friend Lord Allen said earlier , quite sincerely if , say , another party were in power before when such a time arrives it will then be of little avail for them to run around complaining , for they will have sown the seeds of their own dissatisfaction . |
| 4 | I knew that I always overestimated the time these outings took , but I was certain that we 'd been going for over two hours , and still we were crashing on . |
| 5 | Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed . |
| 6 | ’ — and the Project had been going for so long , you see . |
| 7 | Oh it had been going for quite some time , I do n't know really when they would start . |
| 8 | I 've been going for so long I can do everything . |
| 9 | Although Jacquard looms have been going for over 100 years , improvements are still being carried out . |
| 10 | Thunderbirds have been going for over half a century … and with the next generation Its they 're set to continue for another twenty five years Fab . |
| 11 | Remember estate agents have been going for so long they say , Oh is that another folder ? |
| 12 | in time and it 's been going for about five years . |
| 13 | It 's been going for about two now |