Example sentences of "have been go [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They realised just what the people in Northern Ireland have been going through for 25 years . |
| 2 | ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’ |
| 3 | Although this written account is extremely tenuous , patient archaeological excavations that have been going on for many years on Santorin are beginning to reveal a story to rival that of Pompeii . |
| 4 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 5 | Talks have been going on for weeks over the future of the Royal marriage , but despite repeated attempts to save it , the Queen finally decided it was all over on Tuesday afternoon . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is reported on the front page of The Times today that the common agricultural policy — that squalid policy which is costing British families an average of £18.50 a week each — will destroy the world free trade talks , which have been going on for four or five years , and involve just about every country in the world . |
| 9 | ‘ And these unveilings have been going on for eight years ? |
| 10 | Efforts to find a suitable site for the Vintage & Rotary Wing Collection , with workshops in Stoke-on-Trent , have been going on for quite a while , but the reaction has always been negative — we even had the comment that ‘ We do n't want an aircraft scrapyard here ! ’ |
| 11 | Eyes turned to boarded up windows and rubbish strewn in gardens and the depressing picture moved the prince to say : ‘ This is why I have been going on for so long about architecture in the environment . ’ |
| 12 | The marquees have been going up for the Hay on Wye festival of Literature which begins tonight . |
| 13 | A cheerful Durie confirmed : ‘ Things have been going well for me and Spurs in the last few weeks . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This may mean they have been going together for as little time as a few weeks , and a relationship of more than a month or two may be regarded as serious . |