Example sentences of "[adv] be [v-ing] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The panic buying forced the Moscow city council on May 28 to announce a temporary ban on the sale of food and consumer goods in city shops to anyone unable to produce a Moscow residence permit ( such restrictions had already been operating for many weeks in Leningrad and a number of other cities ) . |
| 2 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 3 | They 've already been walking for several weeks , many carrying their possessions in their school bags . |
| 4 | By the time that came along I had already been playing for some time . |
| 5 | Rumours had already been circulating for some time in the movie world that Madonna , whose big new movie will be Body Of Evidence , was discussing a new film with Sr Almodovar . |
| 6 | What she longed to ask him was : ‘ Have I ever been missing for any time , Steve ? |
| 7 | But the last thing a 12-string requires is a set of Velvet Brick humbuckers , and the kind of player who 'd want a 6-string like the Teardrop will probably be looking for more twang than thrang , and so the same applies . |
| 8 | However , the system has now been operating for many years and much good work in the safety field has resulted . |
| 9 | But although it had now been raining for several hours , there was not the least damp or cold either in the deep runs or in the many burrows that they passed . |
| 10 | I think he had a thing about it particularly because he knew the record company really was going for that song because the first American space shot was coming up . |
| 11 | It was as if Chambers bad been waiting for this admission . |