Example sentences of "[adv] for [adj] time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 2 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 3 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
| 4 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 5 | Martin sat down ; he had been wanting to get to know Sarah better for some time and this seemed like a good opportunity . |
| 6 | they have worked together for some time and they 're likely to go on working together , ’ said Mr Capper . |
| 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 | By 1916 it had become obvious that the war was not likely to be over for some time and the government round that it was necessary to introduce military conscription in place of voluntary conscription , in order to ensure replacement of the thousands of soldiers being killed and wounded on the battlefields . |
| 9 | He was eager to make up for lost time and published prolifically . |
| 10 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach . |
| 11 | I had known them now for some time and smiled at the thought of their good company . |
| 12 | He worked contentedly for some time and was deep in the intricacies of a genealogy when the telephone rang . |
| 13 | Martha had been far from well for some time and was in need of another operation . |
| 14 | I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there . |
| 15 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 16 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 17 | And er , we stopped there for some time and nothing happened and me dad says Gil ! |
| 18 | ‘ The courtyard of a house in Delft ’ dates from the height of his career and will doubtless attract much attention from around the world ( est. £4.5–6.5 million ; $6.9–9.9 million ) although it is well-known that Christie 's have been trying to sell it privately for some time and the current estimate is regarded as quite strong . |