Example sentences of "[subord] for [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gendarme stood bewildered for a moment , and then ran into the street , where for some time he could be heard blowing his whistle . |
| 2 | And with Venus in your own sign between February 2 and June 6 , there has to be more love and fulfilment around than for some time . |
| 3 | In fact he is probably feeling fresher and sharper now , hungrier to resume his England career than for some time . |
| 4 | ‘ The paperback market had now improved somewhat , and we believe that book production capacity and demand are more in balance than for some time ’ , he added . |
| 5 | Whether due to Anglo-American action or not , the Middle East became temporarily quieter than for some time . |
| 6 | Ian Rock , the chief executive , said yesterday : ‘ The group 's position is more stable than for some time , but it still requires a substantial improvement in the economy and a solution to the group 's gearing before it can achieve satisfactory returns on shareholders ’ funds . ’ |
| 7 | The company is now looking at a future that is brighter than for any time in the past 20 years . |
| 8 | Gradually they learn to discriminate , although for some time they can not determine what is influencing the mother 's movements towards or away from them . |
| 9 | Changing the law on mistake in rape could help to change these social attitudes , even though for some time to come defendants might find themselves charged with rape because of such ingrained attitudes towards women . |
| 10 | They were very good friends , which neither Daphne nor Cecilia could really understand , though for some time , especially before the advent of Brian , both mothers had hopes of their ‘ making a match of it ’ . |
| 11 | In a separate experiment they actually monitored the eye fixations of subjects while watching the slide and found that in the arousal condition subjects fixated more often on central details , though for less time per fixation . |