Example sentences of "[verb] for [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | The Darkfall storm had been building for quite some time , generating itself , growing stronger . |
2 | For example , no further summit meetings were arranged for quite some time , and the notion of regular summits had to wait until 1974 . |
3 | I would say this is probably one of the most significant police/customs joint operations that we 've er undertaken for quite some time . |
4 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
5 | It had been prepared for quite some time and the brunt of it was against the Serbs , ’ said Col Jovanovic . |
6 | As competitors and spectators sat in the sunshine on the Royal Canoe Club 's lawn at the finish , slowly unwinding and chatting to friends , some of whom had not been seen for quite some time , the atmosphere was a mixture of international competition and relaxed gentility . |
7 | Numbers 420 and 427 have not been used for quite some time and will be sold by the MOD as surplus to requirements , perhaps to be purchased by some preserved railway ? |
8 | Having talked for quite some time about his own maturation as a screenplay writer , Sixsmith said , ‘ Now . |
9 | Oh it had been going for quite some time , I do n't know really when they would start . |
10 | Yeah , basically it 's always been but it has n't been enforced for quite some time , that the clean up rate is four pounds and hour which equates to six pound an hour on a Saturday . |
11 | ‘ I intended it to last for longer this time , meu amor , ’ he said unevenly , ‘ much longer , but I 'm wild with wanting you and I 'm sorry but I ca n't — ’ |
12 | ‘ Something I 've been wanting to do for quite some time . |
13 | ‘ Oh , it 's all right , ’ as she registered the look of shock in Lindsey 's eyes , ‘ I 've known for quite some time . |
14 | It was all she was capable of saying for quite some time , for he had captured her lips again and was kissing her with a deeper intensity . |
15 | It was also stated that a ‘ scam ’ had been running for quite some time prior to the defendants ' involvement . |
16 | Those are the Saw Doctors interesting this about the Saw Doctors is one of them won the lottery in Ireland I do n't they have a lottery we 're go when are we going to get a national lottery that 's what I want to know when are we going to get it a national next year we 're going to get a national lottery that 's right and one of the Saw Doctors won the national lottery and he won three quarters of a million pounds er and they have n't made much money the Saw Doctors but he won three quarters of a million pounds so that have n't worked for quite some time but they are back on the scene as I speak and er they really if if they er come to York they 're certainly worth seeing . |
17 | Prof David Wilkie : medal awarded for only fourth time |
18 | They had stood talking for quite some time , each of them perhaps slightly the worse for wear , and then she had invited him up to her North Oxford home for a night-cap . |
19 | Also planned for around that time is a version for Silicon Graphics Inc 's system offering users three-dimensional graphics . |
20 | The view that certain types of fiction occupy a mediatory position between the ‘ reality ’ of a cultural heritage and contemporary ‘ true ’ accounts of it elevates these texts to a status which the novel has not held for quite some time . |