Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time . |
| 2 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
| 3 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
| 4 | Nurses who have been nursing for some time are likely to have reached the stage where much of what they do has become automatic , that is , carried out without conscious thought or awareness . |
| 5 | Since the department since the regional office has been suggesting for some time , or throughout the entire process of this structure plan alteration , that erm an exceptions policy should be considered by the erm county council , I think it would be consistent that we would anticipate the panel could reach a conclusion on the inclusion of the major exceptions policy as part of this alteration . |
| 6 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 7 | Division Two of this event is probably best left to Tom Jones 's Sadler 's Wells newcomer Alyakkh , about whom local work-watchers have been cooing for some time . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track . |
| 9 | Our fellow-traveller had been mumbling for some time that he would ‘ hae tae get oot ! ’ . |
| 10 | So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and |
| 11 | That has been happening for some time , but the Secretary of State and the Minister should know that . |
| 12 | On the contrary , the country had been smouldering for some time . |
| 13 | It was in these unpromising circumstances that the great cholera controversy , which had been smouldering for some time , at last burst into flame . |
| 14 | This was reportedly a concession which US oil companies had been seeking for some time . |
| 15 | For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight . |
| 16 | The City and the Confederation of British Industry had been looking for some indication of earlier participation in the exchange rate mechanism of the EMS . |
| 17 | He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller . |
| 18 | The zoo is now considering a number of proposals which includes one submitted by the staff and another by New Zoo Developments Ltd. along with an in-house plan which the Society has been developing for some time . |
| 19 | Carlson had been wondering for some time what was actually going on . |
| 20 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 21 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 22 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
| 23 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
| 24 | Concern has been growing for some time now , voiced not only by the media but also by some high-powered academics , ex-civil servants and former senior government statisticians , that official information which should be wholly objective is being distorted , suppressed or otherwise interfered with to serve the political ends of the government . |
| 25 | It is an idea that the fans of Asynchronous Transport Mode technology have been touting for some time , but Ungermann is shying away from Asynchronous Transfer Mode to the desktop at the moment . |
| 26 | I decided to go back to the village , to thank him for all his help , and to carry out a plan I had been considering for some time . |
| 27 | Divisional general manager David Howroyd commented : ‘ We are tremendously excited about this venture , which we have been considering for some time . |
| 28 | Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms . |
| 29 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 30 | Both countries had been speaking for some time of their desire to improve relations , without making much progress . |