Example sentences of "been [verb] [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 2 | Cortically blind patients have often been reported to lack OKN , although the response has been found to recover after some months . |
| 3 | As discussion at the 1985 meeting of Experts made clear , the sensitivity of the issues surrounding Article 23 is increased by the use of United States discovery processes in anti-trust actions and other contexts in which the United States courts claim to have jurisdiction more extensive than other countries are willing to approve , to combat which a series of ‘ blocking statutes ’ have been enacted to deal with some features of this problem . |
| 4 | We have both been trying to return to some semblance of normality . |
| 5 | Helen had been trying to learn for some time , but she found it very hard although Tony was endlessly patient with her . |