Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] for [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 | 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 | Twice as large as the Atlantic and getting on for three times the size of the Indian Ocean , it is bigger than all the land surface of the earth , including Antarctica , and with Africa counted twice . |
| 18 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 19 | After staring about for some time , they ran across to a little mound some way away and looked again . |
| 20 | . We still have n't got a name for this er facility , been dragging on for some time . |
| 21 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |
| 22 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 23 | Glaswegian clubbers were a bit slow at first to take advantage of the late opening hours , says Stuart , but are now making up for lost time . |
| 24 | Had she been seduced into conformity by the excellence of the natural history programmes and then , like other late converts he had known , sat captive to virtually every offering as if making up for lost time ? |
| 25 | The 24-year-old was hoping to be a regular England choice , but instead finds himself making up for lost time . |
| 26 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 27 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
| 28 | Nothing like making up for lost time , she thought to herself with relish . |
| 29 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
| 30 | Her tone expressed the warmth that flowed through her heart as she added , looking into his eyes with a smile , ‘ And so that Silvia and I can start making up for lost time . ’ |