Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [det] time " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , leave all practical matters to me for all time . |
2 | Will you really stay with me for all time , be my wife ? ’ |
3 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
4 | I sat with a tomato juice in front of me for some time straining my ears to hear what Nigel was saying . |
5 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
6 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
7 | Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’ |
8 | My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college . |
9 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
10 | I was too upset to eat or drink , but she sat with me for some time , talking gently to me , wiping away my tears , and helping me to recover . |
11 | When you said you had been ‘ meaning to ask me for some time ’ , did you mean over the five and a half lonely years to date of my grass widowhood or merely since I 've had no car and no earnings ? |
12 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
13 | And erm he 's hired from me for some time now |
14 | It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies . |
15 | I had not seen them for some time . |
16 | He had been with them for some time ; two or three years before , he had told her that he did n't know where he had been born , or who his parents were . |
17 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
18 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
19 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
20 | Heather had borrowed his binoculars , Mossop said , and studied the cottage through them for some time . |
21 | Yet Dysart 's expression reminded him of something else she had said : that Dysart and Clare had been arguing immediately before the explosion ; that there had been friction between them for some time . |
22 | what we 're dealing with is a small group of MP s who thought there were some advantages in the Paignton amendment I 've discussed it very thoroughly with them for some time , and they agree that there were real difficulties about the Paignton amendment which I 've now addressed |
23 | The fact that Marc had registered her exact words seemed to say that they meant something — that he had n't simply dismissed what she had yelled out from the shower , but that he had remembered and , as it seemed now , had brooded over them for some time . |
24 | she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know . |
25 | And so that he might ensure that our island would be his for all time , he instructed his hordes to slaughter all the children on Møn . |
26 | ‘ Would it be enough , ’ he whispered , ‘ if I told you I will love you for all time , that my heart has found its resting place , and my soul has found its mate ? |
27 | You may not feel this will apply to you for some time . |
28 | You will feel totally alone because you have relied on someone to do things with you and for you for some time . |
29 | I have had my eye on you for some time . |
30 | And not only that , I 'll tell you what I 've longed to tell you for some time , that I think you 're a fool for not having responded to it , for not having done something about it before now . |