Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've been thinking about this time muddle , Cassie .
2 We 've been trying for some time to employ as many players as possible during the winter , and this sponsorship means that it should be possible to take the worry of finding winter employment away from virtually all of them .
3 We 've been feeling for some time that our children are feeling that they 've been left alone , because er when they come to the temple they are too young to understand anything which is being explained from the stage , because er the speakers , or the preachers , have to cater for all the age groups and normally it 's for the , those who understand , already understand about Sikhism .
4 Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem .
5 We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too .
6 We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too .
7 Nurses who have been nursing for some time are likely to have reached the stage where much of what they do has become automatic , that is , carried out without conscious thought or awareness .
8 Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time .
9 Division Two of this event is probably best left to Tom Jones 's Sadler 's Wells newcomer Alyakkh , about whom local work-watchers have been cooing for some time .
10 The difficulties in comparing the two modes of treatment have been understood for some time .
11 Laws to prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability and to advance equal opportunities for disabled Britons have been mooted for some time .
12 Divisional general manager David Howroyd commented : ‘ We are tremendously excited about this venture , which we have been considering for some time .
13 Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms .
14 Efforts have been made for some time to get this off the ground and a successful public meeting was held at Newtown at the end of April .
15 The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time .
16 ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage .
17 Colleagues in local government have been saying for some time that the Government have said that , at some point , the revenue collection services in local authorities would be privatised and would go out to tender .
18 I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so .
19 Dr Dixon said , ‘ With up to 20 years from infection to illness , we just have to ask how many of our congregation have been added during that time ?
20 I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered .
21 Most of these have been used at one time or another but still the TL 072 op.amp seems to combine the best characteristics at a reasonable price .
22 There are several possible approaches to multiplication and division in fixed-point binary , all of which have been used at some time .
23 Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree .
24 These letters have been known for some time , as the aggrieved Leone published them in a pamphlet in 1764 .
25 The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing .
26 As members will be aware , the Local Government Regions and Districts have been known for some time , and the areas of the Sheriffdoms were published at the beginning of the year .
27 Yes but then thinking about those that have been running for some time .
28 A buy-in of shares may be the appropriate method of effecting a management buy-out where certain shareholders wish to realise their investment in a business which they have been running for some time , or they wish to retire , and there is a management team willing to continue with the business and become the new shareholders .
29 It is an idea that the fans of Asynchronous Transport Mode technology have been touting for some time , but Ungermann is shying away from Asynchronous Transfer Mode to the desktop at the moment .
30 If a claim is initially received under item 5 and weekly benefits have been paid for some time and the initial medical prognosis was poor , close attention should be paid to the possibility of a capital benefits claim being made .
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