Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [art] [noun] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've been helping the Vatican in some mysterious business or other , have n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | We have been considering the problem for some time — — unlike the right hon. Gentleman , who has only just discovered it . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps I should sell the place and be done with it , ’ he said with an abruptness that showed he 'd been considering the idea for some time . |
| 4 | BRITAIN 'S science establishment is trying to suppress reports by a university group which has been assessing the cost-effectiveness of some of the country 's most expensive science projects . |
| 5 | They 'd been watching the site for some time . |
| 6 | Victoria Hernandez , telecommunications analyst for InfoCorp Europe , Paris , said the French and Swiss operators had been discussing the agreement for some time , trying to iron out the administrative problems involved . |
| 7 | Having completed our ‘ good for us ’ walk , we settled down by one of the two huge log fires with our paperbacks in the happy anticipation that tea would arrive promptly at four and would consist of improbably thinly cut home-made bread and butter and other bakings , whose smell had been pervading the lounge for some time with forecasts of gratifications to come . |
| 8 | If yer really want ter know I 've been courtin' a widow for some time an' we 're thinkin' of settlin' down tergether , ’ he replied . |
| 9 | Only as the car was crunching softly to a halt in the gravel of the yard did Charlotte ask suddenly , but in a tone so subdued as to suggest that she had been contemplating the question for some time , and refrained from asking it only for fear of the answer : |
| 10 | It is based on the National Child Development Study which has been following a cohort of some 15,000 people from their birth in 1958 to early adulthood . |
| 11 | John , it seems , is something of a Wild West buff and , on our behalf , he 's been following the trail of some of the locations from classic moments of Western movie history . |
| 12 | Erm but we will try and reverse that and er erm one particular parent from House er who is a member of this council has er certainly been following the events with some interest . |