Example sentences of "been [verb] [noun] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 We have been pursuing proposals for some time .
2 It was a process which had been gathering momentum for some time and has continued since .
3 The whole area was much dryer than it used to be , and Edward suspected that something had interfered with the water table ; there had been nesting moorhens at one time — now only the occasional toad was left .
4 A woman who knew her told the court the girl had been abusing solvents for some time .
5 ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on .
6 One day , after he had been having lessons for some time , his father was called away by the boss : there was a horse in the ditch : it had gone to sleep on the edge and had rolled upside down into the ditch and could n't get out .
7 Reversals have , so far as is known , been taking place throughout geological time , and the evidence of these reversals is stored up in the magnetic fabrics of the rocks of both the continents and the oceanic crust .
8 Human beings have been munching apples since prehistoric times .
9 The difference is that they are now employed by the businesses to whom they have been supplying services for some time . ’
10 Apple has been advising developers for some time to use names and not numbers but not all seem to have taken heed — it looks as though they will have to when System 7.0 comes out next year equipped with Apple 's own outline font system .
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