Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
| 2 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
| 3 | Division Two of this event is probably best left to Tom Jones 's Sadler 's Wells newcomer Alyakkh , about whom local work-watchers have been cooing for some time . |
| 4 | Since the department since the regional office has been suggesting for some time , or throughout the entire process of this structure plan alteration , that erm an exceptions policy should be considered by the erm county council , I think it would be consistent that we would anticipate the panel could reach a conclusion on the inclusion of the major exceptions policy as part of this alteration . |
| 5 | First , that we have no intention of abandoning public ownership and accepting for all time the present frontier of the public sector . |
| 6 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 7 | Nurses who have been nursing for some time are likely to have reached the stage where much of what they do has become automatic , that is , carried out without conscious thought or awareness . |
| 8 | Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time . |
| 9 | I have been teaching machine knitting for some time and often come across pupils who have experienced the same problem . |
| 10 | However , the patient is likely to continue coughing for some time after the antibiotics have been stopped , and the sputum that is produced when the patient coughs will be found to contain numerous pus cells on microscopic examination . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track . |
| 12 | After walking for some time , having covered about half the distance between the two stations , Willie became aware of a steady , yet rather unnerving sound just ahead as if someone was hammering the rails . |
| 13 | After walking for some time through the wood Valdemar put his finger to his lips and motioned us to be quiet . |
| 14 | Our fellow-traveller had been mumbling for some time that he would ‘ hae tae get oot ! ’ . |
| 15 | He still dreamt of avenging the shame of Kosovo and of ending for all time the ‘ long Turkish night ’ . |
| 16 | That has been happening for some time , but the Secretary of State and the Minister should know that . |
| 17 | On the contrary , the country had been smouldering for some time . |
| 18 | It was in these unpromising circumstances that the great cholera controversy , which had been smouldering for some time , at last burst into flame . |
| 19 | There are a lot of people after them , so I doubt if Zarina or her friend will be returning for some time . ’ |
| 20 | So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and |
| 21 | Whilst there is much truth in the view that the Tories were gaining popular support at the expense of the Whigs , care must be taken not to exaggerate the shift in public opinion that was occurring during this time . |
| 22 | Yeah , actually se , I sa , actually she said oh what , have you been walking into this time ? |
| 23 | ‘ She said he was laughing at that time and she just wanted to frighten him . ’ |
| 24 | The historical texts were confined to enumerating the kings who lived in those troubled years and do not give any indication that something important was occurring at that time . |
| 25 | The House will recall that in the latter part of last year both my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State outlined measures to be taken by both the Government and mortgage lenders with the excellent aim of reducing the level of repossessions that were occurring at that time . |
| 26 | L2 held the reversion at the time of the breach and therefore was liable , under section 142 , for any breach of the landlord 's covenant occurring at that time . |
| 27 | Luke claims that Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken but there is no record of a census happening at that time . |
| 28 | Now what I want to do is look at what was happening at that time and then try and explain using the determinants of demand what the patterns actually were . |
| 29 | or whatever , just let them know roughly what you 're doing , cos , all they get is a tape , it gives them an idea of what sort of things were happening at that time , any words they ca n't pick up if she 's cooking , maybe that 's something she was making or whatever , erm , in the please write the first names and details , why you know them , of all the people speaking on this side of the tape , in order in which they speak on the tape in the first , first instance , right , you know , so now Carla , my husband , myself , Lee and , you do n't need to repeat them again after that |
| 30 | generally speaking the nation had good ears , they knew what was what and they listened quite well , hear you deaf ones he 's describing them and look forth to see you blind once verse twenty it was a case of seeing many things , but you did not cheat watching and Daniel , verse twenty five , look it says there a little phrase near , half way through that he took no note , the nation took no note of what was happening at that time , but we know what happened to them , many of them , thousands , a million of them lost their lives did n't they ? |