Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 2 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 3 | He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time . |
| 4 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 5 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 6 | So yes the answer to the question is yes there is a budget there is a budget and we need to do things now one of the problems could be the budget is n't sufficient to cover all that needs doing so I think you 'll find that the building been built at a certain time there a comes a time you 've got plan a maintenance programme which we have things need to be done . |
| 7 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 8 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 9 | ‘ They all looked as though they 'd been written at a different time from the rest of the notes on the cards . |
| 10 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 11 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 12 | I 'm sure that if he had said something he never have betrayed the pain he had been guarding for a long time . |
| 13 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's been going on a long time , Elaine . |
| 15 | because it 's been going on a long time . |
| 16 | But it was I mean you have to admit erm and I 'm I 'll bring Mr Power in and let him speak for himself , but you have to admit that it from what we 've just heard , it started in nineteen seventy four , it 's been going on a long time . |
| 17 | But after plunging towards the relegation zone with just four points from the previous 21 , he admitted : ‘ We have been going through a bad time and We needed this win . ’ |
| 18 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 19 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |
| 20 | which again has been used for a long time on animals . |
| 21 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 22 | Some ore was so intermixed with gangue however , that the concentration by hand was extremely laborious and the mill must have been needed for a long time . |
| 23 | I think it 's been closed for a long time actually . |
| 24 | A CD is a negotiable bearer instrument issued by a bank which certifies that a stated sum has been deposited for a specific time period at a particular interest rate . |
| 25 | Certain conduct may , rather than effect a variation of the agreement generally , have the effect of creating an estoppel in a particular case , not infrequently in connection with the possible expulsion of a partner on the ground of his breach of provisions in the agreement where his behaviour has in fact been tolerated over a considerable time . |
| 26 | They must have been riding for a long time , but there was no sign of a large town , only a solitary light shining ahead . |
| 27 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 28 | Piano keys made with synthetic resins or polymer fibres eventually become slippery with sweat from the pianist 's fingers after been played for a long time . |
| 29 | ‘ These events are occurring now because human rights have been violated for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 30 | It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’ |