Example sentences of "[verb] for some [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called . |
| 2 | The agreement endorsed the principle of " self-sufficiency " , which stipulated that waste should be treated or disposed of as close as possible to the point of production , although it provided for some flexibility in the case of smaller countries . |
| 3 | For example , an English person who lives for some time in the United States will often acquire a " partially " American accent . |
| 4 | Such realities , as pressing for some heads in the suburbs as in the inner city , presented an agenda which primary orthodoxies addressed only partly , if at all . |
| 5 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 6 | After riding for some time in the dark , they finally caught up with the cart at a toll-gate . |
| 7 | Apes may well have produced new two-sign combinations that their trainers have been inclined to interpret as appropriately invented for some feature in the context . |
| 8 | He had been observed for some time in the recovery unit as his central venous pressure and blood pressure were low . |
| 9 | The Hospital quickly became unable to cater for all the victims of ill health , disaster and old age , and eligibility became restricted to merchant seamen only if they had served for some period in the Royal Navy . |
| 10 | A Somali taxi-driver denounces those in his country who still think they can make a radical revolution , before turning to a discussion of the narcotic , khat , legally available in Britain but banned for some time in the US . |
| 11 | It is also clear from Herbert 's comments that the process of interpreting is generally not well understood by even those who use interpreters , and features like the interpreting lag , or the change in pace of the interpreter according to the speaker 's rate , may often be mistaken for some problem in the interpreter 's rendition of a message . |
| 12 | Modest chain-link fences have existed for some time in the border cities of El Paso and Brownsville , Texas . |
| 13 | Plans for the extension of the war in Vietnam had existed for some time in the Pentagon . |
| 14 | W. Roberts writes from Jersey to ask for some help in the design of a circuit which will allow him to adjust the timing of engines fitted to a light aircraft . |
| 15 | When he was out of sight she crossed the great court to the gatehouse , passed by the open door apparently without a glance , and stood for some minutes in the gateway , looking along the Foregate , before turning back towards the guesthouse . |
| 16 | After working for some years in the hectic , fast-moving world of City finance , she now understood far more clearly the pressures and compulsive need to succeed that characterised most leading businessmen . |
| 17 | Rumours had already been circulating for some time in the movie world that Madonna , whose big new movie will be Body Of Evidence , was discussing a new film with Sr Almodovar . |