Example sentences of "[pron] have been [adj] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 31 | It has been clear for some time that there are a number of significant practical problems with the interpretation of SSAP 6 , Extraordinary Items and Prior Year Adjustments , particularly in respect of the variety of treatments of apparently similar events as sometimes ordinary and sometimes extraordinary items in the p&l account . |
| 32 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 33 | Sources close to the investigation suggest it has been dormant for some months and that it produced no conclusions one way or the other . |
| 34 | He had , in fact , treated her as a man might well treat a wife to whom he 'd been married for some years — a relaxed , comfortable relationship in which there was no need for any outward signs of affection . |
| 35 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 36 | In fact it had been open for some time already as had half a dozen other places within easy walk because America believes in man 's inalienable right to eat whenever he is awake . |
| 37 | It was during this time that as a senior staff officer of V Corps he had been involved with some of the orders to repatriate the Russian and Yugoslav prisoners . |
| 38 | In London , just before the war , almost no one had heard of Paul Klee , although in Germany he had been famous for some years . |
| 39 | He had been unwell for some time and had now gone into a state of collapse . |
| 40 | He had been asleep for some time , physically exhausted after his ordeal , but now he tossed and turned , held fast in the grip of some awful nightmare . |
| 41 | He had been ill for some time . |
| 42 | He had been ill for some time , and passed away peacefully on 12 April . |
| 43 | He 's been dead for some time . |