Example sentences of "had been [verb] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been recognised for some time that only through rationalisation into larger productive and distributive units could the movement overcome the damaging rivalries among societies in the same neighbourhood , and through economies of scale promote further growth . |
| 2 | Another suggestion was that an entire class of LMS express locomotives had been withdrawn for some reason . |
| 3 | Both countries had been speaking for some time of their desire to improve relations , without making much progress . |
| 4 | The consultative document published in 1987 followed the principle that had been acknowledged for some time , drawing a distinction between essential items which were to remain free , and desirable but not essential items for which charges could be made , a distinction not in practice very easy to make . |
| 5 | This was reportedly a concession which US oil companies had been seeking for some time . |
| 6 | For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight . |
| 7 | The City and the Confederation of British Industry had been looking for some indication of earlier participation in the exchange rate mechanism of the EMS . |
| 8 | The phone had been ringing for some time . |
| 9 | By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own . |
| 10 | In fact , he was so happy with the idea that had come to him from the writer , Peter Shaffer , he began the serious rethink of his career which friends like Lance Percival had been thinking for some time was overdue . |
| 11 | Concern had been voiced for some time by the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) as to the restrictive practices maintained by the Stock Exchange : |
| 12 | Relations between the Meskhetians and the Uzbek majority had been strained for some time , largely as a result of the poor housing and other conditions in which the Meskhetians had been forced to remain ( many still lived in shanty towns , and levels of unemployment were higher than elsewhere in the republic ) . |
| 13 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 14 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 15 | On Sept. 17 it was announced that the defence and economic co-operation accord between the USA and Turkey had been extended for another year . |
| 16 | The Battersea Congress of the Party , to which this complaint was later addressed , gave official backing to a scheme which had been projected for some time , a Revolutionary Trade Union Opposition to unite the various unofficial movements which had been growing up in many important unions . |
| 17 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
| 18 | I decided to go back to the village , to thank him for all his help , and to carry out a plan I had been considering for some time . |
| 19 | As is traditional , the trophies which were won throughout the year had been saved for this occasion and presented to their recipients after dinner . |
| 20 | Moreover , provision had been made for any firm that might become financially insolvent ; in this way , systemic risk was largely averted . |
| 21 | She was happily thinking , Serves him right , a pity there was n't a cloudburst , when across the car park , in an area where the top managers of Vasey 's normally parked their cars , she noticed that room had been made for another car . |
| 22 | No contingency plans had been made for this eventuality . |
| 23 | Bomber Command itself was situated at High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire and from there the orders were sent out every day to each Group Headquarters , indicating which target had been selected for that night 's operation , and the Groups then sent on the information to the Commanding Officers at each of the air fields , or ‘ out-stations ’ . |
| 24 | There is little doubt also that within the DES the binary solution had been canvassed for some time , and throughout the life of the Robbins Committee interest in it was being shown in the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutes and elsewhere . |
| 25 | He had been observed for some time in the recovery unit as his central venous pressure and blood pressure were low . |
| 26 | Abingdon 's trade had been waning for some time , with its fulling mills lying in ruins and unemployment rife by 1538 . |
| 27 | By now he had had confirmation of the news he had been expecting for some time . |
| 28 | ‘ Our information is that Mr Evans left the Club in order to go and see what was delaying the arrival of his wife whom he had been expecting for some time . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The house had been neglected for some time , ’ explains Pauline . |
| 30 | This problem in combining general relativity and the uncertainty principle had been suspected for some time , but was finally confirmed by detailed calculations in 1972 . |