Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheep would not safely graze nor would spring lambs nor calves ; the average farmer could hardly be expected to stock them for old times ' sake . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 3 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 4 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . |
| 6 | And not only that , I 'll tell you what I 've longed to tell you for some time , that I think you 're a fool for not having responded to it , for not having done something about it before now . |
| 7 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 8 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 9 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 10 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 11 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 12 | Before he had become involved with Sien he had used her for some time as a model . |
| 13 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |
| 14 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 15 | When you said you had been ‘ meaning to ask me for some time ’ , did you mean over the five and a half lonely years to date of my grass widowhood or merely since I 've had no car and no earnings ? |