Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all .
2 And I think er Well Pat and I have discussed that a little bit as well , cos I 've been under some pressure in this direction with Alice .
3 ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea .
4 Well I hope I 've been of some help .
5 And I hope that I 've been of some assistance .
6 I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have .
7 The dissidents who resigned from his ‘ cabinet ’ look ominously like a vanguard of the fundamentalist persuasion which has been in some abeyance since the defeat of Jim Sillars .
8 The range of decorative techniques which have been at some time applied to metalwork is a subject for many books , not just a few pages .
9 As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion .
10 At this moment the King , who had been for some time busily writing in his notebook , called out , ‘ Silence ! ’ and read out from his book , ‘ Rule Forty-Two .
11 It had been a hectic period during which we had been under some pressure .
12 Well , we have been for some time .
13 There has been for some time in Africa debate concerning the suitability for the Eucharist of wheat bread and grape wine .
14 ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking .
15 However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response .
16 We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity .
17 But to her amazement he did nothing of the kind , but , shaking his head as if he had been under some kind of stress , ‘ I did n't think I could have got your innocence so completely wrong , ’ he stated gruffly .
18 If he had been in some sort of trance , ( lasting who knew how long ? ) that might account for the sudden appearance of Jos .
19 Saying fantastic erm and then you can say look , as it 's been of some benefit do you remember what I said earlier ?
20 and the money for your daughter in the future so do you feel that it 's been of some benefit to you today to have had this discussion ?
21 So you feel it 's been of some benefit to you today ?
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