Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv prt] for 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 5 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 8 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 9 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 10 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 15 | . We still have n't got a name for this er facility , been dragging on for some time . |
| 16 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |
| 17 | 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 . |