Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martha had been far from well for some time and was in need of another operation . |
| 2 | Seems to be brighter in here for some reason . |
| 3 | Nijkamp of the Netherlands spent the previous night in a Paris hospital as his wife gave birth to their first child , got back at 5am for some sleep and went on to paddle to last place . |
| 4 | For ‘ prodigies ’ ( ‘ Mr Binyon 's young prodigies ’ ) surely we ought to read ‘ protégés ’ ; and then it becomes possible to wonder whether the jocularity about bulldogs does n't mark a wistful or resentful sense that Binyon and Sturge Moore ( ‘ old Neptune ’ ) might have done more with their respective protégés than merely set them to sniff and snarl at each other 's heels ; to question whether the two senior writers could not have established themselves — at least for some purposes — as masters of ateliers in which the two young hopefuls might have enrolled as apprentices . |
| 5 | Once an imbalance occurs between the number of males waiting to acquire units and the number of units that can be taken over or entered , the system could go into a series of oscillations which would be self-perpetuating , at least for some time . |
| 6 | The Edwardian era of peace , pomp and prosperity ( at least for some ) seemed destined to last forever . |
| 7 | If you do not have double glazing , then think about putting it in , at least for some of your windows . |
| 8 | There must be a return to the death penalty , at least for some categories of murder . . |
| 9 | If , at least for some years afterwards , there was no real war , there was none the less plenty of tension in south-western France . |
| 10 | This means that , at least for some listeners , a commercial will be heard many times — but these listeners will be few . |
| 11 | Part of the reason for this is , again , the way in which women are effectively confined to the home at least for some part of their lives . |
| 12 | However , there is evidence that the east-west flow persists beyond where the atmosphere has been observed , at least for some distance : the stability of the east-west winds would be difficult to understand if only the comparatively small mass of atmosphere above the 1 bar level were involved . |
| 13 | That they wo n't be prosecuted , at least for some minor offences ? |
| 14 | It is assumed , moreover , that street life ( at least for some participants ) is not just a meaningless activity undertaken simply to fulfil a void of time and purpose . |
| 15 | There is too the fact that the original letter or document is charged with an emotion , an urgency , and an immediacy , to which the later printed record can never pretend At least for some — and probably for more than is generally imagined — the original document , letter or journal is the best door into the past . |