Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [been] [adj] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been depressed for some time . |
| 2 | ‘ She has been unwell for some time ; she is liable to spells of nervous depression . |
| 3 | ‘ The nurse tells me she 's been asleep for some time . ’ |
| 4 | It has been possible for some time to cruise down the Nile , or stay in some of the jewelled and painted palaces of Moghul India , or walk along the Great Wall of China . |
| 5 | For National Certificate modules it has been possible for some time to approve alternative outcomes , under certain circumstances , for students with special needs of all kinds . |
| 6 | It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 9 | Sources close to the investigation suggest it has been dormant for some months and that it produced no conclusions one way or the other . |
| 10 | He 's been dead for some time . |