Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [noun] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been pursuing proposals for some time . |
| 2 | It was a process which had been gathering momentum for some time and has continued since . |
| 3 | The use of concomitant pyloroplasty ( no longer recommended ) and retention of a relatively small-bore sound in the oesophagus during fundoplication may have been contributing factors in some postoperative conditions such as dysphagia and gastritis , but should not have influenced the antireflux efficacy of fundoplication . |
| 4 | A woman who knew her told the court the girl had been abusing solvents for some time . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on . |
| 6 | One day , after he had been having lessons for some time , his father was called away by the boss : there was a horse in the ditch : it had gone to sleep on the edge and had rolled upside down into the ditch and could n't get out . |
| 7 | For many years national and international agencies have been collecting data on some significant social indicators , and it is now possible , with all the provisos about the nature of the data that I have already made , to make some , albeit rough and preliminary ranking of the nations of the world on the most widely accepted social and welfare criteria . |
| 8 | The Head Receptionist has recently been showing signs of some disquiet , however : he has invested in a home computer and has been rather tentatively advocating the advantages of word processing and computerized accounting . |
| 9 | The difference is that they are now employed by the businesses to whom they have been supplying services for some time . ’ |
| 10 | Apple has been advising developers for some time to use names and not numbers but not all seem to have taken heed — it looks as though they will have to when System 7.0 comes out next year equipped with Apple 's own outline font system . |