Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [adv] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Both the NRC and the SPG and its equivalents had been known about for some time . |
| 32 | I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there . |
| 33 | . We still have n't got a name for this er facility , been dragging on for some time . |
| 34 | Looks as though it had been cut out for some reason . |
| 35 | In February the Japanese made a great effort to surround a British and Indian force in Arakan , but the result was a resounding victory for our men , who had indeed been cut off for some days , but supplied by air . |
| 36 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |
| 37 | It was a warm night , and he had been studying hard for some hours . |
| 38 | I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity . |
| 39 | They had all been sitting quietly for some time , waiting . |
| 40 | Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox . |