Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’
2 ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels .
3 No one tells us how we are supposed to deal with death — our own or that of other people — and yet we are all going to face it at some time .
4 The client does not know what to expect and it is your responsibility to ensure that he or she does not waste time trying to contact you at inappropriate times .
5 When you said you had been ‘ meaning to ask me for some time ’ , did you mean over the five and a half lonely years to date of my grass widowhood or merely since I 've had no car and no earnings ?
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