Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
| 2 | One can only deduce that the Eurasian and African plates began driving together at this time , with the latter dragged down beneath the rising Alpine mountains . |
| 3 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 4 | Proteon 's announcement that it is splitting its business into two divisions ( one for adaptor boards and wiring centres ; the other for internetworking and intelligent hub systems ) is in line with what has been happening internally for some time , says Swan . |
| 5 | ‘ Meg 's no good — she 's away — and you wo n't want to be driving far at this time of night … ’ |
| 6 | Tess seemed like a queen to Clare , perhaps because he knew that she was the most beautiful woman walking about at this time of day . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is trading ahead of this time last year , when sales were hit by the Gulf war , but exports are slowing . |
| 9 | He stood looking down for some time . |
| 10 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
| 11 | Thirty-nine years after Roy became a schoolboy football star on the front page of the then new comic , Tiger , he is finally bowing out of big time . |
| 12 | Looking back at this time , Nigel was surprisingly patient , but he was worried that , if he did n't improve , he 'd be unable to help with the move as almost any movement of his right arm increased his suffering . |
| 13 | ( The fact that a huge lorry was passing by at that time must have been coincidental , I 'm sure . ) |
| 14 | I was actually looking forward to extra time because I was so sure that we would win . |
| 15 | Contracts of employment were unknown and I remember the gloom at home if Dad announced that the works were going on to short time . |
| 16 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 17 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 18 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 21 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 22 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 23 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I would suggest going just before closing time and with luck you will be by yourself in front of the superb Diamond Monstrance of 1698 designed by Fischer von Erlach . |
| 27 | During much of the period leading up to this time the Panel had been considering the case of the large South Ronaldsay family whose father had been imprisoned — the family of fifteen children who so badly needed a positive and sympathetic solution to their problems . |
| 28 | He took it , and after turning restlessly for some time , he eventually fell into a deep , heavy sleep . |
| 29 | The pavement meetings of Hitler 's English disciples resembled more accurately a noisy Pimlico pub turning out at closing time . |
| 30 | Going back into prehistoric time even these volumes were far exceeded by the eruption of Toba , yet another volcano in the very active Indonesian region . |