Example sentences of "[prep] some time [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 For some time she has been head dancer of a troupe and has travelled extensively abroad , taking part in cabaret on land and aboard cruise ships .
2 As many of you will have noticed from your Q.T. day programme Beryl will not be teaching this year ; for some time she has taken a great interest in the Back Pain Association and has now become involved particularly at weekends in special classes for back-pain sufferers .
3 For some time he struggles to explain this feeling , and eventually he realises that the taste is of course exactly the taste which he enjoyed as a small boy when his Aunt LĂ©onie gave him a madeline dipped in an infusion .
4 For some time it has been suspected that these voltages affect aquarium fish , causing stress and possibly disease .
5 For some time it has been evident that all I am to you is a vessel to receive your seed .
6 For some time it has had career breaks to help women ( and occasionally men ) with family needs and he says it has been successful .
7 For some time it seems I 've been talking to myself .
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