Example sentences of "been [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ludens was by now , in an ordinary sense , more used to being with Marcus , less afraid of ‘ saying the wrong thing ’ , and had resolved today to ask a crude question which had been troubling him for some time . |
| 2 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 3 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 4 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 5 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 6 | Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 7 | Tulagai was flushed and it was apparent that Jotan had been baiting him for some time . |
| 8 | To start with , you might have to go through the whole exercise in order to relax again but , once you have been doing it for some time , you will find that all you need to do is to picture your own peaceful scene and , because the link is permanently there in your subconscious mind , you will immediately begin to feel more peaceful , both mentally and physically . |
| 9 | IBM Corp has been doing it for some time , and now Wordperfect Corp is doing it too — applying for patents on their software rather than relying copyright law : reason is that , as the Wall Street Journal explains , a patent can provide a company with exclusive use of its patented programs for a fixed number of years , even if another company develops the idea independently ; copyright , which is created as soon as an idea is expressed in an original way , protects only the expression of the idea , not the idea itself , and it does n't confer exclusive use if someone else develops the same software independently ; downside is that getting a patent costs big — in both time and money — and once it expires , the technology it describes is free for all . |
| 10 | They 've been doing it for some time at the Biro , Perth is |
| 11 | And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
| 13 | You should be able to solve some problems that have been bothering you for some time , especially those connected with your work . |
| 14 | ‘ It might surprise you , Hans , but I have been watching you for some time now . |
| 15 | ‘ My organisation has been monitoring it for some time now . ’ |
| 16 | Cohse branch secretary at Greenbank Sheila Bowes said : ‘ Nurses do n't want this move but management have been contemplating it for some time . ’ |