Example sentences of "been [adv] [vb pp] [prep] some time " in BNC.

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1 No single measure of public expenditure has met with universal agreement , and even when one has been widely used for some time , it can be subject to change for a variety of reasons .
2 They 'd obviously been badly infected at some time .
3 Ninety-eight ( 18 per cent ) said they had been sexually abused at some time , including 82 girls — the victims of rape , incest , sexual assault or prostitution .
4 Eighteen per cent of these young people had been sexually abused at some time and 4 per cent of the females cited this as the main reason for running ( Newman , forthcoming ) .
5 The pharmacology of clozapine has been closely scrutinized for some time because of the drug 's atypical effects .
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