Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the patient is likely to continue coughing for some time after the antibiotics have been stopped , and the sputum that is produced when the patient coughs will be found to contain numerous pus cells on microscopic examination . |
| 2 | Unlike Descartes , who felt the need to prove their existence , and Malebranche , who was certain he could not , Locke simply had no doubt that material things existed and caused our ideas : ‘ The actual receiving of ideas from without … makes us know , that something doth exist at that time without us , which causes that idea in us . ’ |
| 3 | Of course , for early EDI users , getting two computers , one 's own and one belonging to a trading partner , to talk to one another , was quite enough of a challenge , without worrying about other people you and your partners might want to communicate with some time in the future . |
| 4 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 5 | The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active . |
| 6 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 7 | Past changes in both relative equity and gilt prices have a negative influence on future expectations although interest differentials ( RATE ) are expected to persist for some time . |
| 8 | Underlying this simplistic approach is sound reasoning , namely that your audience needs to know at all times where they are during your presentation . |
| 9 | They have two natural gaits the gentle , lolloping , forward movement of the warren on a summer evening and the lightning dash for cover that every human has seen at some time or other . |
| 10 | The derogation , which applies to all cereals intervened after November 1 , puts UK farmers on a par with their counterparts in northern Europe where the relaxation has applied for some time . |
| 11 | NCLE has argued for some time that schools should have coordinated policies on language as a medium for learning and languages as subjects . |
| 12 | The Government has argued for some time now that we live in a parliamentary democracy and that all decisions on behalf of the people will be made by Parliament . |
| 13 | The Scottish Dairy Trade Federation has said for some time it is not happy with that . |
| 14 | It , it came or it or it would be one of the depressions that the town has suffered from many times during the last fifty or sixty years . |
| 15 | Whether society has the right to determine its own morality is a debate which has raged for some time . |
| 16 | Angling for the deal that it has sought for some time now , UK firm IXI Ltd , Cambridge , is starting to cast groundbait all over the water in an attempt to land its catch . |
| 17 | The V8 contains every engineering innovation Audi has made in that time : four-wheel drive , Procon-Ten , galvanised bodywork , flush glass , multi-valve combustion and an exhaust catalyst . |
| 18 | Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round . |
| 19 | Rigoberta Menchu has lived in exile in Mexico for the past 11 years , yet the only weapons she has used in that time have been words . |
| 20 | Because star formation and hence the formation of neutron stars by supernova collapse in NGC6342 ceased long ago , the apparent youth of the pulsar suggests that a major event has occurred at some time during the last 10Myr . |
| 21 | It 's what everyone has to do at some time — it 's called taking responsibility for yourself . |
| 22 | The International Stock Exchange has called for more time to implement the changes but so far it has had little success . |
| 23 | Pick Systems Inc has recognised for some time that it will have to concentrate on the database side of Pick 's personality in order to survive , but currently only around 40% of sales comes from Pick for Unix , with a few percent going to the MD-DOS implementation and the native Intel Corp iAPX-86 implementation accounting for the biggest part of the business . |
| 24 | Neither has spoken for some time . |
| 25 | She has sunk by that time . |
| 26 | Much as I tried to break in several times , they always caught me and would n't let me in to see the poor people travelling . |
| 27 | No place to stay for any time , but food every ten miles or fifteen or twenty . |
| 28 | In view of everything that has happened since that time , this distinction is important . |
| 29 | A great deal has happened in that time and I have enjoyed every minute of it . |
| 30 | However , inner-city funding introduced by Labour in the late 1970s began the process , which has continued since that time , of identifying and ranking authorities . |