Example sentences of "[be] [adj] for [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weather had been dry for some time and , fanned by an easterly wind , the fire spread rapidly until , within three days , it had engulfed most of the city . |
| 2 | It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning . |
| 3 | It has been clear for some time that there are a number of significant practical problems with the interpretation of SSAP 6 , Extraordinary Items and Prior Year Adjustments , particularly in respect of the variety of treatments of apparently similar events as sometimes ordinary and sometimes extraordinary items in the p&l account . |
| 4 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 5 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 6 | She had been listless for some time and the woman could only hope that moving her right away from the influence of the people she went around with into these beautiful surroundings might bring her back to herself . |
| 7 | One has been convinced for some time that the idea was to take Weir in the guise of a No 6 . |
| 8 | In fact this shift has been visible for some time and seems at present to be increasing . |
| 9 | She had been ill for some time and , driving back again to Cardiff to join my father , I reflected on the sadness that parents can never know what their children owe them . |
| 10 | Roach , who was a producer , director and screenwriter , had been ill for some time and was under the care of doctors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital , a hospital spokeswoman said . |
| 11 | Of course he 's not been well for some time and he did n't take care of himself . ’ |
| 12 | If you have been sedentary for some time and are not used to physical exertion , then you should begin slowly , walking for no more than 20 minutes every other day , at a pace which stretches you but does not overtire you . |
| 13 | Does the Minister recognise that those of us who are friends of Kenya have been concerned for some time that that country has been slipping from the flagship position of good and open government in Africa ? |
| 14 | Small dedicated games units had been available for some time but had always had only crude multimedia capabilities . |
| 15 | Synthetic brushes have been available for some time and seemed to be the ideal solution , but in the past brushes could be too soft to control well , or too hard to be fully responsive , limiting paint delivery and with little spring , performing as a poor cousin to natural hair and bristle . |
| 16 | We have described this process earlier ( chapter 6 ) , and it seems to occur in every case where fingerspelling has been available for some time and there has been a strong hearing influence . |
| 17 | Mr Moores said the manager had been worried for some time that he was not feeling as well as he thought he should . |
| 18 | He had , it seemed , been homeless for some time and his family dispersed . |
| 19 | It 's proving to be a strain , both financially and physically — since we are doing as much of the work ourselves as possible — and our friends were convinced for some time that we had gone mad ! |
| 20 | They were silent for some time as they picked their way in single file along the path that wound up the hillside . |
| 21 | He had been unwell for some time and had now gone into a state of collapse . |
| 22 | has been unwell for some time and has undergone many diagnostic tests . |
| 23 | Margaret McGregor , convener of the district council 's women 's committee , said : ‘ The women 's committee has been aware for some time that there are a lack of resources and refuge spaces for women fleeing violent situations . ’ |
| 24 | She is indicating that tiffin has been ready for some time and that if he does n't fancy it , the dog does . |
| 25 | This polychrome type of design seems to have been invented at Knossos , where it was fashionable for some time before it was adopted generally in the east of Crete . |
| 26 | That was ready for next time and you 've saved |