Example sentences of "he [verb] been [adv] for some " in BNC.

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1 He 'd been there for some time .
2 He had been away for some hours .
3 There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time .
4 He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards .
5 He 's been out for some time .
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