Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [prep] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heather had borrowed his binoculars , Mossop said , and studied the cottage through them for some time . |
| 2 | Yet Dysart 's expression reminded him of something else she had said : that Dysart and Clare had been arguing immediately before the explosion ; that there had been friction between them for some time . |
| 3 | His mother could not be traced , but the tiny corpse was recognised by a lady who had looked after him for some time , before she , as many others , had done before her , had innocently replied to Mrs Dyer 's advertisement , disguised by the nom de plume Mrs Thomas . |
| 4 | I sat with a tomato juice in front of me for some time straining my ears to hear what Nigel was saying . |
| 5 | She had eight brothers and had had to fight or argue with every one of them at some time or another . |
| 6 | Here , a charge under Schedule E can arise where a manager has acquired shares in respect of which a " chargeable event " occurs while he is the beneficial owner of them and the manager is a director or employee of Newco or Target or an associated company of either of them at some time during the period of seven years ending with the date on which the chargeable event occurs . |
| 7 | Indeed , it has actually been an idea of mine for some time that the retaining of unnecessary numbers simply for tradition 's sake — resulting in employees having an unhealthy amount of time on their hands — has been an important factor in the sharp decline in professional standards . |
| 8 | ‘ This , ’ complained Wedderburn , ‘ gives him vast uneasiness , for if he is ordered abroad before he gets his Post he dispairs of it for some time . ’ |
| 9 | Ace had been dimly aware of it for some time , but now she realized that beads of laser light were swinging in crazy arcs all round the stub of girder on which she and Defries were standing . |
| 10 | No it 's all of it even the h and the w I think they might have lost some figures off of it at some time . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've turned her loose in the hotel boutique , ’ Roman murmured , ‘ so she wo n't want either of us for some time . ’ |
| 12 | The back is a delicate instrument , and so finely tuned that nearly everyone of us at some time has experienced some sort of back problem . |
| 13 | But you see the important thing about this scene is not what is taking place there it 's not really that Pilate is standing in , in the trial as the judge of Jesus , it 's not that Pilate has i , within his hands the power of life and death for Jesus , that 's not the important issue , that 's not the real significance of this incident , the real significance is that every one of us at some time or other stand in the same place that Pilate stood . |
| 14 | You will feel totally alone because you have relied on someone to do things with you and for you for some time . |
| 15 | ‘ The chief ‘ s been asking for you for some time , Mr Wycliffe . ’ |
| 16 | I was too upset to eat or drink , but she sat with me for some time , talking gently to me , wiping away my tears , and helping me to recover . |
| 17 | He had been with them for some time ; two or three years before , he had told her that he did n't know where he had been born , or who his parents were . |
| 18 | what we 're dealing with is a small group of MP s who thought there were some advantages in the Paignton amendment I 've discussed it very thoroughly with them for some time , and they agree that there were real difficulties about the Paignton amendment which I 've now addressed |
| 19 | she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know . |
| 20 | I think the Algerians have been angry with him for some time and are prepared to let Polisario have a free hand . ’ |
| 21 | Or — and this more horrible idea had been very obscurely with him for some time — how had he dared to entertain it ? — perhaps Marcus — Marcus had spoken of evil yearnings , of a crime , perhaps committed already , perhaps in a dream — No , that was unthinkable , impossible . |
| 22 | Oh yeah , I mean I had a horrible time with him for some time and it just , just |
| 23 | Her heart gave a little lurch as she thought about running into him at some time , which she was bound to do . |
| 24 | DESPITE the advent of cassettes and CDs the analogue record is likely to be with us for some time yet , and in every amplifier used for playing them is an equaliser to modify the signal derived from the pick-up cartridge . |
| 25 | Granny had been living with us for some time . |
| 26 | ‘ Mark , ’ she began , ‘ you 've been with us for some time . ’ |
| 27 | Underground work is going to be with us for some time . |
| 28 | Most of these newer techniques of systems analysis and design have in fact been with us for some time , but were not brought together until the publication of the above texts . |
| 29 | British Red Cross director-general Mike Whitlam said : ‘ We hope she will be able to travel with us at some time . ’ |
| 30 | er and they might be coming up to stop with us at some time over Easter |