Example sentences of "[adv] for some time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martin sat down ; he had been wanting to get to know Sarah better for some time and this seemed like a good opportunity . |
| 2 | As often as possible , they should invite Fido to play and play nicely for some time so Fido enjoys himself . |
| 3 | Although many would now see this HCF model as pushing RE into a backwater if it is pursued on its own , it is still a highly influential view , and is likely to go on being so for some time because Agreed Syllabuses on the whole encourage it . |
| 4 | The three men stood together for some time while the long-faced sheep ambled around them , sometimes coming close to examine them but scuttering away at the slightest of their movements , sending a ripple of bells through the whole flock . |
| 5 | they have worked together for some time and they 're likely to go on working together , ’ said Mr Capper . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach . |
| 8 | I had known them now for some time and smiled at the thought of their good company . |
| 9 | He worked contentedly for some time and was deep in the intricacies of a genealogy when the telephone rang . |
| 10 | Martha had been far from well for some time and was in need of another operation . |
| 11 | I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington . |
| 16 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 17 | And er , we stopped there for some time and nothing happened and me dad says Gil ! |
| 18 | Well , before the invention of sound recording — and indeed for some time after — the only thing people could compare it with was stenography . |
| 19 | ‘ The courtyard of a house in Delft ’ dates from the height of his career and will doubtless attract much attention from around the world ( est. £4.5–6.5 million ; $6.9–9.9 million ) although it is well-known that Christie 's have been trying to sell it privately for some time and the current estimate is regarded as quite strong . |