Example sentences of "[verb] there [prep] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father had proceeded to stand there for some moments , saying nothing , merely holding open the door . |
| 2 | I used to fish there with some friends several years ago and we rarely caught less than 100lbs in a session . |
| 3 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 4 | It might also cause the price of oil to soar above $50 a barrel and stay there for some months . |
| 5 | ‘ Riddle went there on some Wednesdays and almost every Friday . ’ |
| 6 | Most of the families in Rimswell , especially those concerned in agriculture , have lived there for some generations . |
| 7 | In Kufra one policeman ( the senior customs officer ) was a stranger , though he had lived there for some decades ; in Tazarbu nearly all policemen were from one lineage ( Bilal ) , or had married into it ; the senior officer 's son was also in the force , a trainee under his father 's authority . |
| 8 | Mr Fallon said a family renting a house valued at £25,000 , and entitled to the maximum price discount of 40pc because they had lived there for some years , could have a mortgage of £10,000 . |
| 9 | All one can say with any certainty is that the Pounds ( and probably the Yeatses also ) paid at least two visits to Sicily in these years , and that on at least one occasion — probably on more than one — they stayed there for some weeks , if not months . |
| 10 | In 1863 he died and the mills were leased to Reynolds and Allen , who remained there for some years . |