Example sentences of "[verb] been [adv] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth . |
| 2 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 3 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
| 4 | He had been away for some hours . |
| 5 | She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North . |
| 6 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
| 7 | " Any more than I can explain why cholera should have always attacked those of our soldiers who had recently arrived in the Crimea in preference to those who had been there for some time … |
| 8 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
| 9 | Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now . |
| 10 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 11 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 12 | Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time . |
| 13 | After the car had been there for some years the defendant wished to convert the yard into a garage but was unable to communicate with the plaintiff . |
| 14 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach . |
| 15 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 16 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 17 | ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time . |
| 18 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 19 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 20 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 21 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 22 | You can establish a much deeper contact with a partner through much of this year and , if you have been passion-less for some time , be prepared for things to change considerably . |
| 23 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
| 24 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |
| 25 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |