Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The real singer of that name was indisposed , and was likely to remain so for some time . |
| 2 | ‘ Cider is a good area at the moment , ’ says co-author Philip Shaw , ‘ and is likely to remain so for some time . |
| 3 | It concluded that the Simonian concept of state medicine was far in advance of public opinion and was likely to remain so for some time to come . |
| 4 | With their creation , the institutional pattern is settled and seems likely to remain so for some years to come . |
| 5 | My father had proceeded to stand there for some moments , saying nothing , merely holding open the door . |
| 6 | FOOTBALL : PSV Eindhoven coach Bobby Robson has had part of his large intestine removed in an operation and is not expected to work again for some weeks . |
| 7 | I have to put him into kennels tomorrow as I have to go away for some time and they insist that he be fully vaccinated . ’ |
| 8 | Not necessarily idle , casual whim , for we can resolve to select consistently for some quality such as " resemblance to a weeping willow " . |
| 9 | He had been under pressure from Edward III to do so for some time , but he seems also to have feared that Charles V 's forces , which were advancing into the duchy , might revive the rivalries of the civil war period . |
| 10 | They use it for official purposes and are likely to continue to do so for some considerable while . |
| 11 | We have the distinct feeling that W&M had no intention of relaunching its bid yesterday and may not be about to do so for some time , which begs the question : what 's the strategy ? |
| 12 | Within a few days they were ready to invite Poole to a dinner of roast pork and potatoes — cooked in the baker 's oven because the cottage had none that could be used — and at the end of January a letter to John Prior Estlin described with quiet enthusiasm the clear brook which ran before the cottage door , a pretty garden — ‘ large enough to find us vegetables and employment ’ — and an orchard lying beyond which was about to become home for some ducks and geese , as well as two pigs . |
| 13 | Some US dairy farming organizations have been urging the FDA to ban BST for some time . |
| 14 | But if he could n't even get pissed in his own living room without all this blather it was hard to imagine him asking casually if I 'd care to step upstairs for some kinky sex . |