Example sentences of "[vb base] been [prep] some [noun sg] " 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 I hope that I 've been of some assistance . |
| 3 | Well I hope I 've been of some help . |
| 4 | And I think er Well Pat and I have discussed that a little bit as well , cos I 've been under some pressure in this direction with Alice . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 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 | ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time . |
| 10 | Well , we have been for some time . |
| 11 | Variations of the theme , e.g. with different boundary conditions or with internal heating replacing heating from below , have been of some interest ; but all the specific results in this chapter will relate to the conditions above . |
| 12 | Strictly speaking , marriage does not contribute directly to population change , but , because of its association with the legitimacy of births in most countries , marriage rates have been of some interest . |
| 13 | … in recent weeks , Bush and Major have been under some pressure from the families of people who died at Lockerbie . |