Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gould , the ornithologist , was with him , and as they had been some days without anything to eat , except what they shot , they enjoyed a good breakfast . |
| 2 | In fact , she had almost convinced herself that they had been some sort of reaction to the arrival of that poison pen letter . |
| 3 | It has been some debate er on the board and the management committee about the direction the theatre should be going into the nineteenth century twentieth century and I think and I and I think it 's important that this meeting hopefully will be very constructive in the sense that is important that the theatre actually gets the views of people use the building , and people actually come along and support the of the theatre . |
| 4 | He 'd been some kind of engineer . |
| 5 | What if it had been some lunatic who sounded like her , someone who had lured her here for a reason . |
| 6 | Well , it had been some while since she 'd walked ten miles in one go — or even five , for that matter , she excused her fluttering heart . |
| 7 | It had been some time since I had visited Ingleborough , so last summer I went back with a couple of friends to rediscover some of its hidden treasures . |
| 8 | It had been some time since they had had the chance for such indulgences . |
| 9 | But , city dweller as she had always been , she had been aware of every sound — the gentle lapping noises of the canal against the side of the boat , the small night sounds of birds and other creatures , and it had been some time before weary body and brain relaxed . |
| 10 | It had been some time now since the old pilots had been in a dog-fight , and Killion for one was sweating heavily by the time he landed . |
| 11 | Whichever way , she probably had n't given it much thought at the time and it had been some time later when her mother had told her that he had left the country and gone abroad to work . |
| 12 | He added that it had been some years since he had been back in England . |
| 13 | It 's been some day . ’ |
| 14 | It 's been some time . ’ |