Example sentences of "they have been [verb] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernard and Laura escaped on to their sailing boat for much of the summer , a yacht they had been enjoying for some years now , and they pottered around Mykonos in Greece . |
| 2 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 3 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track . |
| 5 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 6 | The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time . |
| 7 | A buy-in of shares may be the appropriate method of effecting a management buy-out where certain shareholders wish to realise their investment in a business which they have been running for some time , or they wish to retire , and there is a management team willing to continue with the business and become the new shareholders . |