Example sentences of "[vb base] been [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ And where d' you think you 've been to this time of night ? ’ |
| 3 | Supporters of gun control are in a stronger position now than they have been at any time since 1968 , after the shootings of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy . |
| 4 | The range of decorative techniques which have been at some time applied to metalwork is a subject for many books , not just a few pages . |
| 5 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time . |
| 9 | Well , we have been for some time . |