Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I phoned down for some eggs , toast and a quart of coffee . |
| 2 | ‘ I came here for some answers . |
| 3 | I looked round for some small objects to work with . |
| 4 | Kathleen and I went off for some lunch and we then went to have a look at the castle . |
| 5 | I agree it 's hard to distinguish between our footprints but this stain , this wetness , shows someone stood here for some time , their cloak and boots heavy with snow . |
| 6 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 7 | I know he asked me to stay but I wanted more for some reason . ’ |
| 8 | This movement , which went on for some time , gave Franca ( and Ludens agreed with her later ) the sense that Marcus was actually creating Patrick . |
| 9 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 10 | Some composers , therefore , set up their own publishing enterprises which did well for some years , especially during the visit of Pope John Paul II to Britain in 1982 . |
| 11 | Flying north from the island they spotted the vessels at 1215 , but almost at once were attacked by patrolling fighters , three Fulmars of 808 Squadron and three Skuas of 800 , reporting one of each type on their tail , which remained there for some twenty minutes . |
| 12 | She sought round for some sobering thought . |
| 13 | Polly 's grip on the wheel tightened as , head and heart in raging conflict , she sought wildly for some means of escape . |
| 14 | So in 1972 a new secretary was appointed for the task , Anthony Gray , who worked away for some years and helped set it on its feet again . |
| 15 | No , erm , she sent off for some curtains |
| 16 | In 1863 he died and the mills were leased to Reynolds and Allen , who remained there for some years . |
| 17 | She stayed there for some time , the heavy depression that had been weighing her down ever since Marianne had appeared in her room soothed a little by the gentle singing of the river . |
| 18 | And er , we stopped there for some time and nothing happened and me dad says Gil ! |
| 19 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 20 | In the event I was shown into a small room with Her Majesty , where we sat together for some twenty minutes chatting amiably about almost anything under the sun . |
| 21 | This was indeed what was sought by the IS team in the first place , and was a concept to which they clung tenaciously for some time . |
| 22 | The so-called Main Force bombers from 5 and 6 Groups further north were usually later on the scene and were very heavily loaded with high explosives and incendiaries , and they came in for some real pastings . |
| 23 | They went on for some way in silence . |
| 24 | Well , they jogged along for some time but , as you might care to imagine , there had to come a moment when the legs had reached the top of the tree , everyone could see everything and therefore the game had finished . |
| 25 | All one can say with any certainty is that the Pounds ( and probably the Yeatses also ) paid at least two visits to Sicily in these years , and that on at least one occasion — probably on more than one — they stayed there for some weeks , if not months . |
| 26 | He paced about for some time , looking agitated . |
| 27 | It climbed steeply for some moments and then hung , apparently motionless , like a miniature sun above the sepoy encampment . |
| 28 | He worked contentedly for some time and was deep in the intricacies of a genealogy when the telephone rang . |
| 29 | A great camaraderie and friendship evolved and miracle of miracles , he settled down for some years before a dark-haired , dark-eyed endomorph stole his heart for good . |
| 30 | It started early for some with a trip to just north of the Scottish border to practise demolition techniques . |