Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] some 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 | He stood looking down for some time . |
3 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
4 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
5 | The process has been going on for some time . |
6 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
9 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
10 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
11 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
12 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
18 | After staring about for some time , they ran across to a little mound some way away and looked again . |
19 | . We still have n't got a name for this er facility , been dragging on for some time . |
20 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |
21 | If you have trouble sorting out what your exact goals are , try thinking back to some time in your childhood when you had dreams and aspirations . |