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'for some time already' is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to a period of time which has already passed. For example, "They had been living in the city for some time already before they decided to move to the countryside."
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But universities have been responding to this concern for some time already.
Mr. Bielas promised to see about a visa; he'd been here for some time already, and had connections.
If agreement between two people were all that was required, of course, gays and lesbians would have been marrying for some time already.
Google has been involved in the games industry for some time already, and not just through its stewardship of Android's Google Play store.
The storm clouds had been hovering for some time already — the Lakers are 2-4 since losing Andrew Bynum, their wunderkind center, to a knee injury.
A few of the pictures had been on the market for some time already, including reportedly a Claude Monet painting called "Mauve Irises", estimated at $15m at Christie's, but which didn't sell.
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"We had lived in Hackney for quite some time already, and we knew what these houses were like, and how they could be improved".
YouTube has been blocked in the country for quite some time already.
Drug companies have been scrutinizing genes for quite some time already, to guide their development of drugs to treat genetically linked disease.
Make no mistake: As soon as your divorce is underway, your husband's divorce team will be poring over every detail they can uncover about you online and if he's been planning a divorce unbeknownst to you, this level of snooping may have been going on for quite some time already.
Segmentation of the left ventricle for the determination of left ventricular function has been an area of research for quite some time already.
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