Example sentences of "been [adv] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been dead some time . ’ |
| 2 | She was cold , she had been dead some time . |
| 3 | All sorts of things seem to have happened while you have been away this time . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been here some time now and it 's never happened before . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Emily must have been there some time . |
| 7 | We had been there some time . |
| 8 | Troops have been there some time and they 're familiar with locals on the ground . |
| 9 | When she had been little , once Fenna had taught her how to fly so that she no longer went wandering off , there had been very little time when she had been left alone . |
| 10 | Surely there 'd been too little time , but then her father would n't have needed much time , would he ? |