Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] for some time " in BNC.

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1 This policy has been carried out for some time by the OECD countries , Todorovic claimed , except that there the figure is between 4 and 6 per cent .
2 The bed was made , but did n't seem to have been slept in for some time , although there was a folded pair of pyjamas under the pillow .
3 Both the NRC and the SPG and its equivalents had been known about for some time .
4 I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity .
5 Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox .
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