Example sentences of "been [prep] the [noun] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fourth stage was planned to take place in late March and will show what our position is after we have been off the air for some time . |
| 2 | Tests showed the 25mm-long insect had been in the pickle for some time and environmental health officers inspected the premises . |
| 3 | George Shepherd , aged 24 , had been in the workhouse for some months suffering from consumption . |
| 4 | Speaking at the opening of the event on a misty morning NSA Wales and Borders chairman Andrew Jones said : ‘ We as sheep farmers have been in the mist for some time , but lets hope that the outlook is much better and that there are better days to come . ’ |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the idea of a National Government had been in the air for some time before its actual formation . |
| 6 | This aircraft has been in the UK for some time , latterly at Audley End , Essex , and before that Rochester , Kent , and Duxford , Cambs , having been recovered from the fire dump at Decimomannu , Sardinia , Italy . |
| 7 | If there was a body , it 's possible that the singeing of skin and flesh might have left identifiable organic deposits on the woodwork , but the Wheel has been in the water for some time and we must n't expect much . ’ |
| 8 | He 's been in the water for some time , clothing utterly soaked , whole body chilled . |
| 9 | But if he had been in the water for some time , it was unlikely that he had been killed at the spot where his body had fetched up , and equally unlikely that the weapon which killed him was there to find . |
| 10 | We 're very much involved in what 's called in-service training , in the retraining and helping of teachers who 've been in the profession for some years , and who need to get new qualifications or refreshment in their professional work . |
| 11 | According to the company , these deals had been in the offing for some time , but were finally concluded in December and January . |
| 12 | Three families in Ayrshire , for instance , who had eight children taken away in a raid in June 1990 ; little was heard of their situation until after the Orkney case had been in the headlines for some time . |
| 13 | This will usually be someone who has relatively little experience as an account executive ( but may well have been in the agency for some time , as a progress controller or planner , for example ) . |
| 14 | Police believe the two men had been in the area for some time possibly in a blue transit van which had ladders on its roof . |
| 15 | I can just hear your voice answering the phone , as if I 've been to the shop for some ciggies and I 'm back late . |
| 16 | It 's all speculation at present , however Britain is only one of two countries in the European Community that does n't levy VAT on newspapers and the subject has been on the agenda for some time . |
| 17 | Lotus Notes has been on the market for some time , and is already being used by many of the world 's largest companies . |
| 18 | Though its timing caught out the markets , the krona/ecu link has been on the cards for some months . |
| 19 | The merger has been on the cards for some time and of course makes perfect sense . |
| 20 | ‘ These new premises have been on the cards for some time . ’ |
| 21 | Speaking to Irish state radio from Baidoa , Concern spokesman Michael O'Reilly said : ‘ Unfortunately this had been on the cards for some time . |
| 22 | Another man had been at the table for some time but Beales only looked at him at this point , curious to know who MacQuillan was with . |