Example sentences of "[been] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all . |
| 2 | Although this may sound harsh and unreasonable , experience has made it hard for me to trust women who have never been through some form of separatist reaction . |
| 3 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
| 4 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There has been for some time in Africa debate concerning the suitability for the Eucharist of wheat bread and grape wine . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | His interest in humanity now was stone dead , and probably had been for some time . |
| 14 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 15 | ‘ That you were having an affair — had been for some time . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ The Khanate is settled , and has been for some time , ’ his father said dismissively . |
| 19 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |
| 20 | ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 23 | He said it was broken , had been for some time , and that if I wanted a toilet I should go to the cafe upstairs . |
| 24 | Well , we have been for some time . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She then moved to Bristol City Council where she has been for some months . |
| 27 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 28 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 29 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 30 | Yes my children do go to school oh I was going to say , have been for some months now . |