Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The average size of transactions , it was noted above , has been rising over time and now amounts to about £1 million for transactions with customers and about £4 million for intra-market business . |
| 2 | This view was reflected by one observer in Rabat , who said : ‘ He ( King Hassan ) has so clearly been playing for time . |
| 3 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
| 4 | However , Hakim ( 1982 ) re-analysed the data and found that ‘ the results … confirm the association between crime and unemployment , and suggest it has been increasing over time ’ ( p.453 ) . |
| 5 | Therefore the proportion of households headed by a married couple has been decreasing through time — it was 74 per cent in 1971 , 70 per cent in 1981 , and is expected to be only about 55 per cent in 2001 in England and Wales ( Department of the Environment , 1986a ) . |