Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Allowances should be made for some variation but the key characters highlighted by arrows , are unlikely to vary significantly .
2 An anechoically lined chamber must be used for some immunity testing as well as being useful for general emissions and immunity testing .
3 In the part in which she was standing was a small table and two chairs and an iron contraption that looked as if it might be used for some form of heating .
4 Brave Oates , who was born and raised in Mellor 's Putney constituency , told Scott as he left : ‘ I may be gone for some time . ’
5 Last night the feeling at Westminster was that Mellor resembled him in only one respect — he may be gone for some time , too .
6 Lloyd 's deputy chairman Richard Hazell 's £155 million Syndicate 190 , hit by pollution claims , is contemplating going into ‘ run off ’ , though ‘ no decision may be made for some time ’ , says underwriter John Weatherall .
7 Lloyd 's deputy chairman Richard Hazell 's £155 million Syndicate 190 , hit by pollution claims , is contemplating going into ‘ run off ’ , though ‘ no decision may be made for some time ’ , says underwriter John Weatherall .
8 From now on he would be looking for some sort of pattern .
9 It also became clear that the 319/321 design would be built for some time yet .
10 It praises the driver of the 5.05 from London Bridge to Eastbourne who climbed out of his cab with a fistful of messages from passengers who 'd asked him to phone their wives after hearing the train would be stranded for some time .
11 Since school texts so frequently seem to depend upon the received knowledge of at least one intellectual generation before them , children will be condemned for some time to reading about the exploits of men .
12 ‘ But probably the chances are that I will be looking for some sort of change , ’ he added .
13 If you 're leaving her somewhere and will be gone for some time , do n't sneak out : she 'll learn to mistrust you and crying when you leave her — even for a minute or two — becomes almost inevitable .
14 ‘ Watkin , ’ Athelstan confided , ‘ I will be gone for some time .
15 Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation .
16 There are a lot of people after them , so I doubt if Zarina or her friend will be returning for some time . ’
17 The demo can be played for some time and allows for detailed assessment before opting to buy .
18 Also , bear in mind that traces of drugs remain in the system and can be detected for some time after you have stopped taking them .
19 Provided the provisional calculations are reliable ( which is a topic for another day ) , farmers can be forgiven for some confusion in any debate about whether they were really better off in 1992 than in 1991 and whether they ‘ felt ’ better off !
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