Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 2 | look it does n't matter now because we 're going out for some milk , here |
| 3 | The erm , yes these and it started to be like warfare more than a game you know at that stage but hopefully now we 're getting back to some sort of sanity with the membership cards you know , because we , the crowd is segregated from the away supporters now and that 's cos if Walsall go into the second division again they 'll have to spend so much I believe on the ground to cage the away supporters in which they do n't have to do in the third division . |
| 4 | I was just discussing this last night , but they used to be more friendly atmospheres , even with the away supporters years ago you know it was but things go full circle in the end and hopefully like I say we 're getting back to some sort of sanity now . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 7 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 10 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 11 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 12 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 17 | Eliza was under no illusions that this meant they would be spending more time together : ‘ John , of course , will not remain there long , ’ she told her mother , ‘ but be wandering off in some direction … ’ . |
| 18 | Simon says in a soap fans ' magazine : ‘ I 'd hate to be going out with some girl that all the boys were hassling or eyeing up . |
| 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 | We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep . |
| 22 | On recovery nights , when subjects were allowed to sleep undisturbed , they took more REM sleep than usual , as if they were making up to some extent for the amount lost . |
| 23 | The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order . |
| 24 | And this gentleman in West Yorkshire would certainly have the blessing of many if he carried out his idea : ‘ Having taken early retirement , I am casting about for some way to supplement my pension . |
| 25 | I had the odd George II and George III copper , but these were in the minority and it was the 17th century coinage that was popping up with some regularity . |
| 26 | She was carrying on with some lawyer . ’ |