Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] some [noun sg] " 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 As most people in South Africa know , they have been living apart for some while — ostensibly on security grounds .
6 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 .
7 Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment .
8 The process has been going on for some time .
9 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 .
10 The argument had been going on for some time .
11 The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it .
12 One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time
13 When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time .
14 ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time .
18 I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there .
19 . We still have n't got a name for this er facility , been dragging on for some time .
20 However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time .
21 They had all been sitting quietly for some time , waiting .
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