Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need for regulatory change had been mooted for some time . |
| 2 | Laws to prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability and to advance equal opportunities for disabled Britons have been mooted for some time . |
| 3 | An attempt to remove Kevin Maxwell has been mooted for some time . |
| 4 | That system had been intended for some time . |
| 5 | The release of these chemicals following drainage has been recognized for some time , but researchers at the Australian national research organization ( CSIRO ) now offer an explanation of the cause and also point to the great risks involved in large-scale land reclamation projects . |
| 6 | Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time . |
| 7 | It had been realised by this time that , even if polythene did not fit into the then accepted mould for plastics , which tended to be glassy substances like polystyrene and Perspex , it might still be useful . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was indulging in a relatively straightforward exercise in civil engineering which could have been undertaken at any time during the last 100 years or more . |
| 11 | Had our patient been subjected to an exploratory laparotomy during the initial admission the diaphragmatic tear would have been diagnosed at that time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Not much enlightenment there ; the same reply could have been given at any time in the past four years . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He had a face that was both sensuous and battered — his nose had been broken at some time — with deep pouches under his dark eyes . |
| 18 | Yeah , actually se , I sa , actually she said oh what , have you been walking into this time ? |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | Over 40,000 people staged a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Dec. 30 against the decision , which had been forecast for some time . |
| 21 | Our fellow-traveller had been mumbling for some time that he would ‘ hae tae get oot ! ’ . |
| 22 | He had a good look at it and said part of the pedestal had been mended at some time which took away a lot of the value . |
| 23 | That ache that she thought had been satiated for all time was back within her . |
| 24 | So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and |
| 25 | This comes even when death has been expected for some time , but is even more dramatic when the death is sudden . |
| 26 | The third had been expected for some time . |
| 27 | When somebody had been convicted of the offence , or no other offences had been committed for some time , the names were removed from the police station notice board — the police needed the space there — and put in a file or destroyed . |
| 28 | However , top management became aware that all of the work-force reductions , although necessary , were not attacking the basic problem : the organization had been designed for another time in history rather than for the competitive world in which it now lived . |
| 29 | Dr Dixon said , ‘ With up to 20 years from infection to illness , we just have to ask how many of our congregation have been added during that time ? |
| 30 | That has been happening for some time , but the Secretary of State and the Minister should know that . |