Example sentences of "been [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be that as it may , though many exciting things have happened to physics in the interim , there has not been another time since 1925 when the foundations have been shaken , the paradigm shifted , our view of the world transformed . |
| 2 | But , city dweller as she had always been , she had been aware of every sound — the gentle lapping noises of the canal against the side of the boat , the small night sounds of birds and other creatures , and it had been some time before weary body and brain relaxed . |
| 3 | But obviously the revolution had been some time in the making . |
| 4 | It must have been some time in August when I took those pictures , Rufus thought , and a couple of weeks later it was all over . |
| 5 | In practice the question therefore resolves itself into : Has there been enough time for enough successive generations ? |