Example sentences of "[be] for [det] time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking .
2 As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion .
3 If a child is sniffing with a group of young people , and has been for some time , it may help to provide other more interesting and exciting leisure activities .
4 However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response .
5 I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have .
6 ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea .
7 My wife Pam has been for some time aware that I have been having an on-going relationship with Suzannah , who I believe is known to some of you .
8 There has been for some time in Africa debate concerning the suitability for the Eucharist of wheat bread and grape wine .
9 Evidence from official statistics suggests that the number of households containing two or more elementary families has indeed fallen : from 3 per cent of households in 1961 to 1 per cent in 1981 ( Social Trends , 1987 , p. 41 , table 2.1 ) Clearly this is , and apparently has been for some time , very much a minority arrangement within the British population as a whole .
10 His interest in humanity now was stone dead , and probably had been for some time .
11 " I have n't been for some time .
12 ‘ That you were having an affair — had been for some time . ’
13 According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force .
14 At this moment the King , who had been for some time busily writing in his notebook , called out , ‘ Silence ! ’ and read out from his book , ‘ Rule Forty-Two .
15 ‘ The Khanate is settled , and has been for some time , ’ his father said dismissively .
16 " No , and there have n't been for some time . "
17 ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time .
18 For one thing , Kelly 's very happily involved in a relationship and has been for some time , so I 'm quite convinced her eyes wo n't stray towards any ski-bums , no matter how handsome . ’
19 They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals .
20 He said it was broken , had been for some time , and that if I wanted a toilet I should go to the cafe upstairs .
21 Well , we have been for some time .
22 Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees .
23 You 're growing up , yes , but you 're not grown-up and you wo n't be for some time , and in the meantime you 're still my girl .
24 Could you please make these adjustments for the next matrix list which I realise will not be for some time and , in fact , by that time Karen will be off on maternity leave but I leave it to you whether you want to slot in Joan and Jane for that period .
25 Finally , the market square in Aylesbury is still closed for major work and obviously will be for some time , and you need to still avoid that area .
26 It 's for this time .
27 Recruiting , therefore , was for some time done by means of the Old Boy network .
28 He was for some time a broken man .
29 In fact , I was for some time of the opinion that this huge challenge ahead of us could not be surmounted without my bringing in additional staff from outside .
30 ‘ Its distinctive feature is the outer wall facing what was for some time the running lines of the railway , though these tracks are now wholly within the works area , the main lines passing on the other side of the canal .
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