Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [verb] for some " in BNC.

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1 By the 1870s matters had improved for some : a survey of Nonconformist ministers in the city of Oxford in 1875 showed stipends ranging from £60 p.a. plus house and allowances for a Primitive Methodist minister to about £300 p.a. for the Wesleyan Superintendent of the Oxford Circuit .
2 As the official investigation got under way , there were allegations that senior US officials had known for some time of BNL 's dealings with Iraq .
3 Abrams attempted to account for some of the striking variations in ‘ neighbour behaviour ’ which he found in different areas .
4 Israeli leaders had recognized for some time the need for a powerful outside backer .
5 After the struggles had continued for some minutes it became clear to his ambushers that Putt was not about to die and they dragged him away through the trees to a spot out of sight of the track , where a small fire was burning low .
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