Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [noun] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apple has been advising developers for some time to use names and not numbers but not all seem to have taken heed — it looks as though they will have to when System 7.0 comes out next year equipped with Apple 's own outline font system . |
| 2 | It was a process which had been gathering momentum for some time and has continued since . |
| 3 | A woman who knew her told the court the girl had been abusing solvents for some time . |
| 4 | One day , after he had been having lessons for some time , his father was called away by the boss : there was a horse in the ditch : it had gone to sleep on the edge and had rolled upside down into the ditch and could n't get out . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on . |
| 6 | The difference is that they are now employed by the businesses to whom they have been supplying services for some time . ’ |
| 7 | We have been pursuing proposals for some time . |