Example sentences of "have been [verb] [adv] for some " in BNC.

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31 She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time .
32 It was a warm night , and he had been studying hard for some hours .
33 I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there .
34 While Visa debit cards have been accepted internationally for some time , the Mastercard equivalent , Switch , is still waiting to be linked up to the Mastercard/Eurocard payment system .
35 As most people in South Africa know , they have been living apart for some while — ostensibly on security grounds .
36 Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment .
37 It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’
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