Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [verb] [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 31 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 32 | She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time . |
| 33 | It was a warm night , and he had been studying hard for some hours . |
| 34 | I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there . |
| 35 | While Visa debit cards have been accepted internationally for some time , the Mastercard equivalent , Switch , is still waiting to be linked up to the Mastercard/Eurocard payment system . |
| 36 | As most people in South Africa know , they have been living apart for some while — ostensibly on security grounds . |
| 37 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 38 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |