Example sentences of "they have been [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do feel I 'd like to say one point about the people who were in this house , that it 's quite clear , all of them I believe were under care of the social services , erm and I do n't know enough about their history to say whether they , where they 've been before , whether they 've been in some half-way house , or just been thrown out of some mental institution . |
| 2 | She did not feel very close to her mother , although they had been through some rough times together : |
| 3 | They had been for some ten minutes locked in a close embrace , the length of their bodies pressed together . |
| 4 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 5 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |
| 6 | They have been in some ways too successful . |