Example sentences of "they [vb past] been [verb] for some " in BNC.
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1 | Bernard and Laura escaped on to their sailing boat for much of the summer , a yacht they had been enjoying for some years now , and they pottered around Mykonos in Greece . |
2 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
3 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
4 | ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track . |
5 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |