Example sentences of "[noun sg] has been [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the author of this publication , my opinion has been sought from time to time by dealers , other scholars and the auction rooms . |
| 2 | Fortunately the alarm has been sounded in time for many of the province 's historic buildings . |
| 3 | Therefore the proportion of households headed by a married couple has been decreasing through time — it was 74 per cent in 1971 , 70 per cent in 1981 , and is expected to be only about 55 per cent in 2001 in England and Wales ( Department of the Environment , 1986a ) . |
| 4 | Although the archive has been used from time to time by researchers in pursuit of specific information , no general survey of the contents has been undertaken since the death of Lord Beveridge in 1963 . |
| 5 | From that site too come the Callanish eagles whose strength is not in flight , or size , or speed or skill but rather in a spirit whose power has been forget through time . ’ |