Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] [prep] some time " in BNC.
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1 | We 've been trying for some time to employ as many players as possible during the winter , and this sponsorship means that it should be possible to take the worry of finding winter employment away from virtually all of them . |
2 | We 've been feeling for some time that our children are feeling that they 've been left alone , because er when they come to the temple they are too young to understand anything which is being explained from the stage , because er the speakers , or the preachers , have to cater for all the age groups and normally it 's for the , those who understand , already understand about Sikhism . |
3 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
4 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
5 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
6 | Nurses who have been nursing for some time are likely to have reached the stage where much of what they do has become automatic , that is , carried out without conscious thought or awareness . |
7 | Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time . |
8 | Division Two of this event is probably best left to Tom Jones 's Sadler 's Wells newcomer Alyakkh , about whom local work-watchers have been cooing for some time . |
9 | The difficulties in comparing the two modes of treatment have been understood for some time . |
10 | Laws to prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability and to advance equal opportunities for disabled Britons have been mooted for some time . |
11 | Divisional general manager David Howroyd commented : ‘ We are tremendously excited about this venture , which we have been considering for some time . |
12 | Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms . |
13 | Efforts have been made for some time to get this off the ground and a successful public meeting was held at Newtown at the end of April . |
14 | The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time . |
15 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
16 | Colleagues in local government have been saying for some time that the Government have said that , at some point , the revenue collection services in local authorities would be privatised and would go out to tender . |
17 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |
18 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
19 | There are several possible approaches to multiplication and division in fixed-point binary , all of which have been used at some time . |
20 | Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree . |
21 | These letters have been known for some time , as the aggrieved Leone published them in a pamphlet in 1764 . |
22 | The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing . |
23 | As members will be aware , the Local Government Regions and Districts have been known for some time , and the areas of the Sheriffdoms were published at the beginning of the year . |
24 | Yes but then thinking about those that have been running for some time . |
25 | A buy-in of shares may be the appropriate method of effecting a management buy-out where certain shareholders wish to realise their investment in a business which they have been running for some time , or they wish to retire , and there is a management team willing to continue with the business and become the new shareholders . |
26 | It is an idea that the fans of Asynchronous Transport Mode technology have been touting for some time , but Ungermann is shying away from Asynchronous Transfer Mode to the desktop at the moment . |
27 | If a claim is initially received under item 5 and weekly benefits have been paid for some time and the initial medical prognosis was poor , close attention should be paid to the possibility of a capital benefits claim being made . |