Example sentences of "[prep] some time [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If yer really want ter know I 've been courtin' a widow for some time an' we 're thinkin' of settlin' down tergether , ’ he replied . |
| 2 | ‘ Not for some time but we are not worried , miss , it 's not unusual for the gentry , if you will excuse me saying so , to keep folks waiting for payment . ’ |
| 3 | Most of these had been producing un-hinted PostScript fonts for some time but they now all had the tools to create the all-important encrypted Type 1 fonts and had licenses to produce PostScript typesetters . |
| 4 | We have been trying to breed Red Pandas for some time but they are very difficult . |
| 5 | I had been expecting this news for some time but it still came as a terrible shock . |
| 6 | We sit there for some time but I keep glancing up , and gradually become terrified that the man is somehow not dead or has become a zombie and is climbing back up the shaft towards us , to push the grating up and put his already rotting hands down and grab us both by the hair . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ Mr Millman waited for some time but she failed to arrive and he stupidly decided to drive home himself . ’ |
| 8 | He went home feeling better than he had done for some time but he died suddenly during sleep 3 days later , presumably from a breakthrough cardiac arrythmia . |
| 9 | I have to put him into kennels tomorrow as I have to go away for some time and they insist that he be fully vaccinated . ’ |
| 10 | they have worked together for some time and they 're likely to go on working together , ’ said Mr Capper . |
| 11 | I talked to the lady for some time and we seemed to like the same things , so I was pleased when their bid was the successful one . |
| 12 | If there was a body , it 's possible that the singeing of skin and flesh might have left identifiable organic deposits on the woodwork , but the Wheel has been in the water for some time and we must n't expect much . ’ |
| 13 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 14 | ‘ It is a risk , but it 's something I have wanted to do for some time and I believe it is feasible . |
| 15 | Lloyd George is out of the running for some time and I suppose Herbert Samuel will act as leader in the House of Commons . |
| 16 | I 've used a wheelchair for some time and I 'm grateful to town planners who provide special parking for the disabled to make shopping easier for us . |
| 17 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 18 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 19 | Of course he 's not been well for some time and he did n't take care of himself . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've known about Paul for some time and he should bring experience and stability to our midfield , ’ said Derry manager Roy Coyle . |
| 21 | ‘ The Turning Point ’ is also one of the label 's strongest releases for some time and it 's the ever popular Terrace front of Stefan Robbers that once again leads Djax out into new regions . |
| 22 | The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active . |
| 23 | Oh yeah , I mean I had a horrible time with him for some time and it just , just |
| 24 | Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ . |
| 25 | Russell Bryant had not been in touch for some time and she seemed to think he had given up . ’ |
| 26 | Now what did you think about this lesson was it a bit boring at some time or you think , Oh or did it go too quickly No . |