Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think the consideration and the research has got to go on for some time . |
| 2 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
| 3 | The situation was desperate : Holmes was away on a case , and not expected back for some time . |
| 4 | This policy has been carried out for some time by the OECD countries , Todorovic claimed , except that there the figure is between 4 and 6 per cent . |
| 5 | He paced about for some time , looking agitated . |
| 6 | The train was electrically lighted , and in order to economise current when the train had to stand by for some time , nearly every lamp was under separate control . |
| 7 | But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come . |
| 8 | In the illustration the trial phase is turned on for fixed times and the rate of current rise , and corresponding rotor position , is deduced from the current level attained at the end of the trial . |
| 9 | He stood looking down for some time . |
| 10 | There was a ‘ Refuge Rota ’ pinned by the house telephone , with six different names filled in for different times in the week . |
| 11 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
| 12 | Erm oh well maybe yours can be saved up for another time ? |
| 13 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
| 14 | Dunne , Chapman 's last attempt to find a successor to Lambert , proved to be past his best , but Drake more than made up for lost time , scoring 42 League goals in 1934–5 , a club record for a single season . |
| 15 | Of course , since his release , he had made up for lost time , becoming quite a wheel in the charity game , but those two years had stayed with him . |
| 16 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
| 17 | As so often on this tour , Rubin Smith and Lamb were the main architects , both playing aggressively after David Smith , flown out to replace the injured Gooch , had hung around for some time to get accustomed to the conditions only to get a bruised thumb in the process . |
| 18 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 19 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 20 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 21 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 22 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 23 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 24 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 25 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 27 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 28 | The bed was made , but did n't seem to have been slept in for some time , although there was a folded pair of pyjamas under the pillow . |
| 29 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |
| 30 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |