Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] be [adj] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we entered the local office to add yet more to my daughter 's investments , the helpful cashier advised us to switch from her existing account , requiring 90 days ’ notice of withdrawals to an instant access ‘ Prime Gold ’ account which had been available for some time , and in fact paid higher interest . |
| 2 | An example of this is the case of a lady of forty-five who attended the clinic with neuralgia which had been present for some years . |
| 3 | They were also helped into their new home by a team of volunteers who took on the task of cleaning the offices which had been empty for some time . |
| 4 | She had been listless for some time and the woman could only hope that moving her right away from the influence of the people she went around with into these beautiful surroundings might bring her back to herself . |
| 5 | She had been ill for some time , and gradually realized that she needed more care than could be given by the community services . |
| 6 | She had been ill for some time and , driving back again to Cardiff to join my father , I reflected on the sadness that parents can never know what their children owe them . |
| 7 | All three were aware that the King and Queen had , after four years of war , come to represent to their subjects all that was best in the domestic and public virtues , and that there had been current for some time an idea of presenting to them a gift as a mark of national respect , thanks and loyalty . |
| 8 | He had , in fact , treated her as a man might well treat a wife to whom he 'd been married for some years — a relaxed , comfortable relationship in which there was no need for any outward signs of affection . |
| 9 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 10 | In fact it had been open for some time already as had half a dozen other places within easy walk because America believes in man 's inalienable right to eat whenever he is awake . |
| 11 | In London , just before the war , almost no one had heard of Paul Klee , although in Germany he had been famous for some years . |
| 12 | He had been unwell for some time and had now gone into a state of collapse . |
| 13 | He had been asleep for some time , physically exhausted after his ordeal , but now he tossed and turned , held fast in the grip of some awful nightmare . |
| 14 | He had been ill for some time . |
| 15 | He had been ill for some time , and passed away peacefully on 12 April . |