Example sentences of "had [be] [adj] for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compact disc technology had been available for some time , but the quadraphonic experiment had failed and videotape technology was in something of an impasse . |
| 2 | When we entered the local office to add yet more to my daughter 's investments , the helpful cashier advised us to switch from her existing account , requiring 90 days ’ notice of withdrawals to an instant access ‘ Prime Gold ’ account which had been available for some time , and in fact paid higher interest . |
| 3 | Small dedicated games units had been available for some time but had always had only crude multimedia capabilities . |
| 4 | He had been unwell for some time and had now gone into a state of collapse . |
| 5 | The weather had been dry for some time and , fanned by an easterly wind , the fire spread rapidly until , within three days , it had engulfed most of the city . |
| 6 | From the head 's point of view , the library had been underfunded for some time with an annual capitation of some £860 , supplemented ( not always willingly ) by a 5% levy on the capitation of each department . |
| 7 | His friend and doctor , Dr James Mortimer , said that Sir Charles ' heart had been weak for some time . |
| 8 | She had been listless for some time and the woman could only hope that moving her right away from the influence of the people she went around with into these beautiful surroundings might bring her back to herself . |
| 9 | Miguel 's voice was suddenly very warm , and Shelley remembered that he and his beautiful young assistant had been close for some time . |
| 10 | He had been asleep for some time , physically exhausted after his ordeal , but now he tossed and turned , held fast in the grip of some awful nightmare . |
| 11 | All three were aware that the King and Queen had , after four years of war , come to represent to their subjects all that was best in the domestic and public virtues , and that there had been current for some time an idea of presenting to them a gift as a mark of national respect , thanks and loyalty . |
| 12 | In fact it had been open for some time already as had half a dozen other places within easy walk because America believes in man 's inalienable right to eat whenever he is awake . |
| 13 | The warnings had been clear for some time . |
| 14 | The implications of the Black and Tans ' behaviour and of the complicity of the Government in their reign of terror had been clear for some time , but Tubby 's experience had brought it all into sharp focus . |
| 15 | The principessa 's heart , had been bad for some time . |
| 16 | Owen had been conscious for some time of growing movement in the courtyard below . |
| 17 | Mr Moores said the manager had been worried for some time that he was not feeling as well as he thought he should . |
| 18 | When we first hear of it , the house had been empty for some time , and Albert Piggott deplored its neglect . |
| 19 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 20 | The house had been empty for some time now and beginning to feel lonely . |
| 21 | They were also helped into their new home by a team of volunteers who took on the task of cleaning the offices which had been empty for some time . |
| 22 | She had been ill for some time , and gradually realized that she needed more care than could be given by the community services . |
| 23 | She had been ill for some time and , driving back again to Cardiff to join my father , I reflected on the sadness that parents can never know what their children owe them . |
| 24 | I know your mother had been ill for some time , but I know that this will not have lessened the loss you and your family must now feel . |
| 25 | He had been ill for some time . |
| 26 | Roach , who was a producer , director and screenwriter , had been ill for some time and was under the care of doctors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital , a hospital spokeswoman said . |
| 27 | He had been ill for some time , and passed away peacefully on 12 April . |
| 28 | Examining her responses to this normal catalogue of everyday events , of life , she found that she wished she was dead , had been dead for some time , so that she was used to it : and then she thought that if she had been dead for long enough , she would probably be bored with that by now . |