Example sentences of "[prep] some time [coord] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sit there for some time but I keep glancing up , and gradually become terrified that the man is somehow not dead or has become a zombie and is climbing back up the shaft towards us , to push the grating up and put his already rotting hands down and grab us both by the hair . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ Mr Millman waited for some time but she failed to arrive and he stupidly decided to drive home himself . ’ |
| 3 | He went home feeling better than he had done for some time but he died suddenly during sleep 3 days later , presumably from a breakthrough cardiac arrythmia . |
| 4 | I have to put him into kennels tomorrow as I have to go away for some time and they insist that he be fully vaccinated . ’ |
| 5 | I talked to the lady for some time and we seemed to like the same things , so I was pleased when their bid was the successful one . |
| 6 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 7 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 8 | Lloyd George is out of the running for some time and I suppose Herbert Samuel will act as leader in the House of Commons . |
| 9 | ‘ It is a risk , but it 's something I have wanted to do for some time and I believe it is feasible . |
| 10 | Of course he 's not been well for some time and he did n't take care of himself . ’ |
| 11 | Russell Bryant had not been in touch for some time and she seemed to think he had given up . ’ |
| 12 | Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ . |
| 13 | Now what did you think about this lesson was it a bit boring at some time or you think , Oh or did it go too quickly No . |