Example sentences of "[noun prp] for some [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'll be at Stoke Mandeville for some time and will receive schooling with lessons in English . |
| 2 | The heiress travels to Florida for some yachting but her sloop is run down and sunk by one of her own commercial schooners ; she is saved but she has lost her memory ; she ends up working on the cutting-tables in her own factory and falls in love with a manager whose previous requests for better conditions she had been happy to ignore . |
| 3 | Scott has been around the rock and blues circuit in Ireland for some time and has played with many of the top musicians here . |
| 4 | They said that Dalglish was after Batty for some time but Wilko refused to sell him . |
| 5 | It had been apparent to Hank for some time that , in spite of repeating Grade 12 at school , he was likely to fail his exams again . |
| 6 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 7 | Category B covered those who had lived in Britain for some time and showed no obvious signs of hostility . |
| 8 | It must have been a Saturday or else Lewis for some reason or other was on holiday from work . |
| 9 | I had not seen Otley for some time and climbed up on the wall for a better view . |
| 10 | ‘ No doubt , ’ replied the Ambassador , looking away to Miss Logan for some clue as to the personality of her employer . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've known about Paul for some time and he should bring experience and stability to our midfield , ’ said Derry manager Roy Coyle . |
| 12 | SPOUSE to London for some dinner or other . |