Example sentences of "he was [verb] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was speaking for some time and when he had finished he turned to his wife . |
| 2 | The Shah 's enemies saw the move differently , The fact that they was now lingering in the area , first in Egypt an now Morocco , rather than proceeding straight to the United States as announced , inevitably aroused the suspicion that he was hoping for some sort of repeat of 1953 . |
| 3 | Half wanting to quit , half determined to persevere he was caught for some moments , indecisive and forlorn . |
| 4 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 5 | It was very nearly a great voice and sometimes , when Gesner was on form , when he was forced for some reason to try hard , it was a great voice . |
| 6 | Coenwulf vigorously crushed the revolt in Kent and captured Eadberht , who was blinded and mutilated and taken in chains into Mercia ( ASC A , F , s.a. 796 ) where he was imprisoned for some years at Winchcombe . |
| 7 | He said he was coming for some gnocchi tonight . |