Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
2 | The need for regulatory change had been mooted for some time . |
3 | Laws to prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability and to advance equal opportunities for disabled Britons have been mooted for some time . |
4 | An attempt to remove Kevin Maxwell has been mooted for some time . |
5 | That system had been intended for some time . |
6 | The release of these chemicals following drainage has been recognized for some time , but researchers at the Australian national research organization ( CSIRO ) now offer an explanation of the cause and also point to the great risks involved in large-scale land reclamation projects . |
7 | Another suggestion was that an entire class of LMS express locomotives had been withdrawn for some reason . |
8 | CPRW has evidence that the sale of holiday units as permanent residences is already beginning to happen where the temporary occupancy clause , which is customarily enforced on caravan and chalet sites , has been withdrawn for some reason . |
9 | Over 40,000 people staged a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Dec. 30 against the decision , which had been forecast for some time . |
10 | This comes even when death has been expected for some time , but is even more dramatic when the death is sudden . |
11 | The third had been expected for some time . |
12 | When somebody had been convicted of the offence , or no other offences had been committed for some time , the names were removed from the police station notice board — the police needed the space there — and put in a file or destroyed . |
13 | Some would argue that the real problem lies in the fact that shares had been overvalued for some time , and that prices were likely to fall , and that the above events provided the impetus . |
14 | The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing . |
15 | The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the basic principles of the law in this area and as this has not been done for some time we now set out in detail what they held . |
16 | Well he must have been transferred for some reason or other . |
17 | It has been felt for some time that the procedure and forms relating to the granting of legal aid in criminal causes could be improved , and the introduction of legal aid in the District Courts has led to the position being scrutinised and a new procedure and application form introduced . |
18 | This problem in combining general relativity and the uncertainty principle had been suspected for some time , but was finally confirmed by detailed calculations in 1972 . |
19 | It has been suspected for some time that North Korea has been working on a nuclear device . |
20 | Efforts have been made for some time to get this off the ground and a successful public meeting was held at Newtown at the end of April . |
21 | Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting . |
22 | After a while the station returned to normal , Charlotte had n't been seen for some time , and Albert had been killed in World War I so all three participants in the awful tragedy had gone for ever , or had they ? |
23 | This last datum may be accompanied by one of the following letters : S = the company 's shares have been suspended , A = company has been acquired , L = company has been liquidated , e = non-voting shares have been enfranchised for some reason , and lastly F = the shares have been withdrawn from the official list for some other reason than those already mentioned . |
24 | Do n't be discouraged by this , as it is a good sign that you have stretched muscles that have not been used for some time . |
25 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
26 | Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree . |
27 | It has been advanced for some time by both the Liberal party and the Electoral Reform Society . |
28 | The difficulties in comparing the two modes of treatment have been understood for some time . |
29 | Essentially , there are four types of control which have been exercised for some period : first , the " White Paper " controls on pricing , investment and financial targets ; secondly , external financing limits ( EFLs ) imposed by the Treasury ; thirdly , efficiency audits by the Monopolies and Mergers Corn-mission ( MMC ) ; and fourthly , direct controls on management itself . |
30 | Another possibility is that the gas density may have been overestimated for some reason . |