Example sentences of "have for [det] time [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 He lost little or nothing by the concession and , as we have seen , the papal letters had for some time indicated the likelihood of such a solution being acceptable at Rome .
2 As already mentioned , the Irish bishops had for some time found the separation of church and state both a workable and desirable solution .
3 The fact that the applicants in the main proceedings had for some time circumvented the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy did not give them any legitimate expectation that they would be allowed to continue to do so in the future .
4 Gervold , abbot of St Wandrille , who had for some time supervised the exaction of tolls at various Channel ports ( particularly Quentovic ) and established cordial relations with Offa , evidently mollified Charlemagne and a trade embargo was not maintained .
5 I have for some time studied the prospects for the privatisation of British Rail .
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