Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [adv] [prep] some " in BNC.

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1 I 've been here for some time .
2 Repeat name and date at every opportunity ; the sort of people who live in the East End like to know you 've been around for some time .
3 ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time .
4 You can establish a much deeper contact with a partner through much of this year and , if you have been passion-less for some time , be prepared for things to change considerably .
5 So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it !
6 We 've been back to some of the places in the film to see what changes there 've been and to talk to some of the people who were in the original film .
7 We 've been back to some of the houses featured in the original film to see how they 've changed .
8 See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ?
9 On the previous days they had been out to some meals , but she had also cooked for them .
10 There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly .
11 Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time .
12 The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences .
13 The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time .
14 ‘ After all , he is the champion and he has been in with some of the best fighters of the day .
15 I gathered that he 'd been around in some pretty exciting — oh , do you mean he might have made that up , too ?
16 Something to do with what he 'd been through in some war .
17 He 'd been there for some time .
18 Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time .
19 He had been away for some hours .
20 There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time .
21 He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards .
22 Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time .
23 He 's been out for some time .
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