Example sentences of "[pron] had be [vb pp] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Battersea Congress of the Party , to which this complaint was later addressed , gave official backing to a scheme which had been projected for some time , a Revolutionary Trade Union Opposition to unite the various unofficial movements which had been growing up in many important unions . |
| 2 | Over 40,000 people staged a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Dec. 30 against the decision , which had been forecast for some time . |
| 3 | We had been affianced for some weeks . ’ |
| 4 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 5 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 6 | The schedule of accommodation which forms the basic document around which the rest of the building note is developed , and which I shall illustrate , was prepared , for this particular group of patients , in precisely the same way as it had been done for some of the other sub-groups within mental illness and mental handicapped for which various supplements have been prepared to which I referred above . |
| 7 | It had been recognised for some time that only through rationalisation into larger productive and distributive units could the movement overcome the damaging rivalries among societies in the same neighbourhood , and through economies of scale promote further growth . |
| 8 | It had been known for some time that relations between Stephenson and Villa were strained because of the player 's insistence on living in his home-town of Newcastle , and several clubs , keen to secure him , were watching the situation closely . |
| 9 | He had been observed for some time in the recovery unit as his central venous pressure and blood pressure were low . |
| 10 | The possibility that he had been killed for some reason connected with his father 's letters did not occur to Derek . |