Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 2 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't recognise her for some time . |
| 5 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 6 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 7 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 8 | ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . |
| 9 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I have n't seen him for some time . ’ |
| 12 | She even told them about the nice young man who said he had n't seen her for some time . |
| 13 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 14 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 15 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 16 | I have n't been able to make myself believe I hate you for some time now , Luke . ’ |
| 17 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 18 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 19 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 20 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 21 | " I 've been meaning to pop in and see you for some time , " Mrs. Hargreaves went on . |
| 22 | I certainly would not like to do without my own sound card now that I 've had one for some time , and I 'm seriously considering changing it for a Laserwave Plus , purely because I find its configurability and standard of sound to be better than the one I already have . |
| 23 | Ludens was by now , in an ordinary sense , more used to being with Marcus , less afraid of ‘ saying the wrong thing ’ , and had resolved today to ask a crude question which had been troubling him for some time . |
| 24 | Before he had become involved with Sien he had used her for some time as a model . |
| 25 | ‘ To howl down a man just because he happens to be out of form one day is often sufficient to discourage him for all time , ’ he told the Yorkshire Evening Post . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope we can reach agreement with China and that , where we have disagreements , they wo n't poison our relationship right across the board — certainly wo n't poison it for all time , ’ said Mr Patten . |
| 27 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 28 | An aggressive mob of youngsters had been closely dogging us for some time and , emboldened by our apparent failure to notice them or to quicken our pace , had begun throwing stones . |
| 29 | Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 30 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |