1. He has been sick for some time past.

2. But I cannot have escaped your notice that for some time past the friendship I have felt for you has ripened into a deeper feeling, a feeling more beautiful, more pure, more sacred.

3. But it cannot have escaped your notice that for some time past.

4. For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies---and other creatures---learn to do things because certain acts lead to "rewards" and there is no reason to doubt that this is true.

5. But it cannot have escaped your notice that for some time past, the friendship I have felt for you has repined into a deeper feeling.

6. For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies- and other creatures- learn to do things because certain cats lead to "rewards"; and there is no reason to doubt that this is true.

7. But it cannot have escaped your notice that for some time past the friendship I have felt for you has ripened into a deeper feeling, a feeling more beautiful, more pure, and more sacred.

8. In fact, he had, for some time past,[sentence dictionary] been contemplating with terror that beauty which seemed to grow more radiant every day on Cosette's sweet face.

9. We cannot pass you an order at this high price, because the raw materials have for some time past been declining in price and we see no justification for the increase of your quotation.

10. I don't know what has been the matter with them for some time past.

11. In this peaceful street where he had taken refuge, Jean Valjean got rid of all that had been troubling him for some time past.

12. It'seemed to him that Julia had been very still for some time past.