Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] been [prep] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programme had been under way for some time , studying liquid-liquid reactions with disappointing results . |
| 2 | With equal determination , Annie was making it clear by chatting away happily to Ibn Fayoud and his schoolgirl friend that it would be rude to leave before the dancing had been under way for half an hour or so . |
| 3 | Ostensibly , efforts at drafting the constitution had been under way since the mid-1970s , but real progress had only become evident in mid-1990 when a first draft was published for discussion . |
| 4 | A general strike called by the UDF-affiliated Podkrepa trade union began on Nov. 26 and spread quickly as a result of sympathetic media coverage ( a strike and sit-ins by students protesting against the government had been under way since Nov. 5 ) . |
| 5 | In early March 1989 it was reported that the UK , Italy , Netherlands and Spain had agreed to study costings for a joint army Light Attack Helicopter ( LAH ) project ; a Franco-German joint project had been under way since late 1987 ( see p. 35665 ) . |
| 6 | The case had been under way in Ohio for more than two years and was now ready for trial . |
| 7 | Much of the development work that found its way into Challenger had been under way for some years on behalf of the Shah of Iran . |
| 8 | Because they were effecting the repair work themselves it had taken longer to complete than if they had let the Yard do it , but even so the tow had been under way again shortly after noon on the third day . |