Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [been] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 61 | Divisional general manager David Howroyd commented : ‘ We are tremendously excited about this venture , which we have been considering for some time . |
| 62 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
| 63 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
| 64 | The contents of motion one seven eight appear to be sound , conference , we have been tried and we have been tried by some regions in a very limited way with some success . |
| 65 | We have been accused by some of having too many features about the south of England , by others of having too many about Scotland and Wales ; of having too much mud on our boots , of romanticising the countryside , of being too green , too blue , too red , too expensive and aspirational in our tastes , too harshly realistic in our coverage of controversial issues . |
| 66 | They 've been described by some as the ugliest dogs in the world . |
| 67 | Bernard and Laura escaped on to their sailing boat for much of the summer , a yacht they had been enjoying for some years now , and they pottered around Mykonos in Greece . |
| 68 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 69 | They looked as if they had been arranged by some cleaner who had been sent in to tidy up and who did not know that in this room Ernest Jarvis had hanged himself . |
| 70 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 71 | ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track . |
| 72 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 73 | Whether they had been worked at some preceding date is a matter of no little conjecture but is unlikely and it seems that the miners from Keswick started there in 1599 . |
| 74 | The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time . |
| 75 | In recent years several British ensembles have begun to draw upon an ‘ exotic ’ instrumentarium of this kind once again , but they have been marginalized to some degree . |
| 76 | ‘ I am disappointed for the crowd because generally they have been treated to some good football here and all our performance lacked was some goals . |
| 77 | A buy-in of shares may be the appropriate method of effecting a management buy-out where certain shareholders wish to realise their investment in a business which they have been running for some time , or they wish to retire , and there is a management team willing to continue with the business and become the new shareholders . |
| 78 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 79 | He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller . |
| 80 | For this was not the anger of the cripple , who can never be sure if he has been shaped by some vengeful god or made accidentally by a purposeless universe . |
| 81 | It has been assumed by some writers that statements of attainment should be adapted for children with learning difficulties by producing more detailed learning hierarchies than the statutory orders provide . |
| 82 | You will soon realise that this is no ordinary bishop 's letter , since it has been written by some young people from this deanery . |
| 83 | Because of its limited appeal among Grand Prix drivers , it has been ignored for some record purposes in the statistical section to be found at the end of this chapter . |
| 84 | It has been said by some writers that he had got caught up in an extravaganza far beyond both his intention and his control . |
| 85 | Indeed , it has been said by some professionals in the field that we are doing the students a disservice by attempting to break through their apathy since their main chance of happiness lies in their passive acceptance of traditional ‘ care ’ facilities . |
| 86 | Although there is no certain cause of the hemispheric pattern , it has been related by some researchers to the eruption last year of El Chichon in Mexico , and by others to a recurring cycle of drought and flood in the southern hemisphere . |
| 87 | It has been suspected for some time that North Korea has been working on a nuclear device . |
| 88 | It has been argued by some that training plays no part in refining the skills of headship which can only be learned through experience ; presumably the proponents of this view would say that it also applies to officers . |
| 89 | It has been argued by some cat experts that any vet performing this convenience operation should be prosecuted for cruelty to animals , but this is unfair to them . |
| 90 | It has been argued by some that children suffer when their parents ' marriage ends , and by others that a child removed from embittered parental conflict will be happier . |