Example sentences of "[vb past] been for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
2 | His interest in humanity now was stone dead , and probably had been for some time . |
3 | ‘ That you were having an affair — had been for some time . ’ |
4 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |
5 | At this moment the King , who had been for some time busily writing in his notebook , called out , ‘ Silence ! ’ and read out from his book , ‘ Rule Forty-Two . |
6 | He said it was broken , had been for some time , and that if I wanted a toilet I should go to the cafe upstairs . |