Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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1 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
2 | She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time . |
3 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
4 | Proteon 's announcement that it is splitting its business into two divisions ( one for adaptor boards and wiring centres ; the other for internetworking and intelligent hub systems ) is in line with what has been happening internally for some time , says Swan . |
5 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |
6 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
7 | The process has been going on for some time . |
8 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
9 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
10 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
11 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
12 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
13 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
14 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
15 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
16 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
17 | I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there . |
18 | ‘ Meg 's no good — she 's away — and you wo n't want to be driving far at this time of night … ’ |
19 | ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’ |
20 | . We still have n't got a name for this er facility , been dragging on for some time . |
21 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |
22 | They had all been sitting quietly for some time , waiting . |
23 | Vron and Barry were crying again by that time , crying gratefully , consolably , in each other 's arms . |
24 | Heads were swivelling completely round this time — to the back row where sat Phil Aldrich , nodding his head in gentle agreement , a wry smile on his long , lugubrious face . |
25 | It is trading ahead of this time last year , when sales were hit by the Gulf war , but exports are slowing . |
26 | ( The fact that a huge lorry was passing by at that time must have been coincidental , I 'm sure . ) |
27 | Mum was getting on by this time and her own health was n't excellent , and I moved to Manchester so we could be near the RMCH where they do a vast amount with CF. We hired a retired nurse to act as housekeeper and she did his physio when I was n't there , and between us we managed to keep him going . ’ |
28 | have to wait twenty five to eight before he 'd come in , how he was coming here at that time I do n't know . |
29 | The treatment of mental illness was advancing considerably at that time , and it probably contributed more than the legislative change to reducing both the use of compulsory procedures and the incidence of long stays in hospital . |