Example sentences of "for [adj] time [conj] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became very depressed for some time before he could reassess himself , start to use his considerable abilities and begin courting his wife again . |
| 2 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
| 3 | Our fellow-traveller had been mumbling for some time that he would ‘ hae tae get oot ! ’ . |
| 4 | Pick Systems Inc has recognised for some time that it will have to concentrate on the database side of Pick 's personality in order to survive , but currently only around 40% of sales comes from Pick for Unix , with a few percent going to the MD-DOS implementation and the native Intel Corp iAPX-86 implementation accounting for the biggest part of the business . |
| 5 | If there was a body , it 's possible that the singeing of skin and flesh might have left identifiable organic deposits on the woodwork , but the Wheel has been in the water for some time and we must n't expect much . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've known about Paul for some time and he should bring experience and stability to our midfield , ’ said Derry manager Roy Coyle . |
| 7 | But here we will make an end of it and leave a sign for all time that it should not be so . ’ |