Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for quite some time " in BNC.
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1 | It had been prepared for quite some time and the brunt of it was against the Serbs , ’ said Col Jovanovic . |
2 | As competitors and spectators sat in the sunshine on the Royal Canoe Club 's lawn at the finish , slowly unwinding and chatting to friends , some of whom had not been seen for quite some time , the atmosphere was a mixture of international competition and relaxed gentility . |
3 | Yeah , basically it 's always been but it has n't been enforced for quite some time , that the clean up rate is four pounds and hour which equates to six pound an hour on a Saturday . |
4 | Numbers 420 and 427 have not been used for quite some time and will be sold by the MOD as surplus to requirements , perhaps to be purchased by some preserved railway ? |
5 | For example , no further summit meetings were arranged for quite some time , and the notion of regular summits had to wait until 1974 . |