Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the insane , uncontrollable screaming of ‘ I 'm gon na be a pop star might be a bit much for some . |
| 2 | He stopped in his tracks , scanned the window opposite for some minutes , then turned to walk into the building much more slowly and thoughtfully than before . |
| 3 | There might be a lot of traffic sort of nosing out there or there might be a congestion there for some reason . |
| 4 | It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days . |
| 5 | Back at the scene of the burglary , I can remember thinking next , ‘ Oh well , I suppose I can re-wrap some of the parcels that have just been torn open ; I suppose I could use cash instead for some of the presents that have gone ; there is some way that I can cope with this . ’ |
| 6 | He discussed the railway time-table earnestly for some minutes . |
| 7 | are going to be those that will give something to the school , rather than simply be an appointment just for some stature . |
| 8 | Whereas Nigeria followed the classic pattern of building large plants with the latest equipment , and then suffering from overcapacity , Togo has been operating a mini-mill profitably for some years and has begun to export to neighbouring countries , even those with large , underused plants of their own . |
| 9 | And we have had the trust secretary who has been working on our behalf voluntarily for some time now . |
| 10 | Slow growth abroad is depressing commodity prices and the government will need to keep monetary policy tight for some time to avoid re-stoking inflation and the current-account deficit . |
| 11 | At the last the weather has been descent enough for some of the crags to dry out long enough for the new routers to get busy . |
| 12 | The person who leaves the company 's employment er could I ask you , each of you in turn briefly for some comments about how you feel deferred pension rights can best be preserved , if they can be preserved at all er adequately . |
| 13 | He had been following the narrow forest path downhill for some leagues , the trees soaring ever taller overhead , so that the sunlight came down in muted bars between the leaves . |
| 14 | There was silence inside for some seconds . |
| 15 | Her husband had left her the year before for some Tex-Mex bitch , claiming that she was too boring to live with . |
| 16 | There may be a matter of principle here for some of those who wish their authors to be concealed : such authors should not sound like the characters they invent , any more than they should express opinions . |
| 17 | This port was frequently a target for Iraqi attacks , if only because of the intermittently suspended Japanese-Iranian petrochemical plant which had been under construction there for some years . |
| 18 | A practical way forward for some centres may be the use of Work Experience modules . |
| 19 | Ludens , who had been watching this face attentively for some time , could now however read in it signs of care , a wrinkling of the brow , not marked exactly in any lines of flesh but as a cloud poised , the mouth and eyes narrowing as in thought or pain , the hints of a perhaps imminent older face . |
| 20 | What makes a task easier for some may make it more difficult for others . |
| 21 | He considered Manville 's objection seriously for some moments . |