Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adv prt] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 4 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 7 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 8 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 9 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 14 | Always considered a soft touch for your face , these products have currently been coming in for more scrutiny . |
| 15 | . We still have n't got a name for this er facility , been dragging on for some time . |
| 16 | The Cavaliers and Roundheads have been stocking up for another season , re-enacting the English Civil War . |
| 17 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |
| 18 | Toby Tobias was quickest away and Desert Orchid could find no more , but the race was far from finished , for as Mark Pitman on Toby Tobias made for the winning post Graham McCourt urged Norton 's Coin to a final effort , and as the two jockeys , whips swishing , pushed their courageous mounts up the hill the cheers from the stands which moments before had been tuning up for another Dessie triumph lapsed into a disbelieving murmur : this was not the right script at all . |