Example sentences of "have be [adv] some time " in BNC.

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1 Emily must have been there some time .
2 He had been dead some time . ’
3 She was cold , she had been dead some time .
4 That he had been down some time , and that there were a Nest of them at Alfoxden House who were protected by a Mr Poole a Tanner of this Town . ’
5 We had been there some time .
6 ‘ I 've been here some time now and it 's never happened before . ’
7 Erm there 's been a reduction er , in the er , staff er because er er people have moved on and er , I take Sue 's point about er if it were n't for the fact that erm they 'd got fully e e experienced staff who 've been there some time , they have n't , not used to this churning over o of , and therefore , that has paid off in er in er in erm so far as being able to deal with the problems that have arisen and er , you 'll see further on er , addition profiles of the work that 's been done with er in this area over the town .
8 Troops have been there some time and they 're familiar with locals on the ground .
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