Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [det] time been " in BNC.
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| 1 | A possible intervention of the King 's Proctor to upset the divorce had for some time been lurking in the Government 's mind . |
| 2 | Steelworkers in the public sector had for some time been in dispute with their employers , the British Steel Corporation , and had come out on strike . |
| 3 | Scholars in this field had for some time been engaged in a debate over the importance of acquired and inherited personality traits in behaviour . |
| 4 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 5 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 6 | Her Black Sea fleet had by this time been destroyed , the allies had landed not only in the Crimea but also at Nikolaev to the west and Novorossiisk to the east , and the Turks retained a position at Sukhumi which gave them the chance of counter-attacking in the direction of Tiflis . |