Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this has been leaking for some time then the transfer box is probably low on oil . |
| 2 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 3 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 4 | Work towards this goal has been progressing for some time , culminating in a public launch at a major conference , held in the Forum Hotel , Glasgow on 23 October , 1989 . |
| 5 | He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Opinion : ‘ … it will not be known until Sizewell B has been operating for some years whether the PWR will become the established nuclear option that has been sought for 30 years . ’ |
| 9 | Here , after a campaign has been running for some time , a sample survey is used , in which questions are asked about the brands in the market in question : |
| 10 | Er you will all be aware I think that the budget has been running for some months and er I suppose a lot of you either as spokes persons or as members of groups have actually been dealing with the budget issues in some detail . |
| 11 | SEL has been working for some two years on producing French versions of GEC 's technical specifications — an enormous project . |
| 12 | The decommissioning of a small experimental reactor on the Sellafield site has been continuing for some years . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In the UK , this ideal has been eroding for some time and seems unlikely to survive the escalating costs of current treatments . |
| 15 | ‘ It was only an idea he had , based on the way Robert has been behaving for some time . |
| 16 | That has been happening for some time , but the Secretary of State and the Minister should know that . |
| 17 | I think that if we 'd been looking for some rather more er refined instruments of taxation , I nearly said torture , er from the continent then we might have looked er and found some rather better means of getting local money in to finance local government . |
| 18 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 19 | She had brushed aside the congratulations of her gynaecologist when he said , ‘ Most women would have been screaming for some kind of relief long before now . ’ |
| 20 | Sir Patrick Mayhew must have been hoping for some winners and losers , as he considers how to kick-start his talks process . |
| 21 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 22 | He had been speaking for some five minutes or more with force and conviction , carried away by the things which concerned him greatly . |
| 23 | Both countries had been speaking for some time of their desire to improve relations , without making much progress . |
| 24 | Film shown on Algerian television that same evening recorded that he had been speaking for some minutes . |
| 25 | This was reportedly a concession which US oil companies had been seeking for some time . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight . |
| 28 | The phone had been ringing for some time . |
| 29 | The wood at the back of the painting was deeply scored with a dagger as if someone had been searching for some secret crevice or compartment . |
| 30 | By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own . |