Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some detectors may run as normal for some time on cheap batteries , in other cases battery life will be ridiculously short leading the operator to conclude that a detector malfunction has occurred . |
| 2 | SCO 's development partner DEC will have to soldier on alone , if it has not been doing just that for some time ( UX No 364 ) , if it intends to put OSF/1-for-ACE on its MIPS R4000 machines . |
| 3 | He became very depressed for some time before he could reassess himself , start to use his considerable abilities and begin courting his wife again . |
| 4 | If a teenager has been feeling acutely depressed for some time , then it may only take a trigger such as exams , to tip her over the edge ( suicide is the third most common cause of death among the under 25s , and the peak months are April to July ) . |
| 5 | The case remained technically open for some time , with sporadic review rather than monitoring ( because , it was said , anything requiring active intervention would have been readily made known ) ; finally events made residential care inevitable , and were immediately notified by the GP . |