Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 2 | Proteon 's announcement that it is splitting its business into two divisions ( one for adaptor boards and wiring centres ; the other for internetworking and intelligent hub systems ) is in line with what has been happening internally for some time , says Swan . |
| 3 | She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time . |
| 4 | As most people in South Africa know , they have been living apart for some while — ostensibly on security grounds . |
| 5 | He just stared into the dreadful dark depths of the old female 's shelter waiting hopelessly for some sign that she was alive . |
| 6 | He took it , and after turning restlessly for some time , he eventually fell into a deep , heavy sleep . |
| 7 | Striving hard for some normality , she pulled her head back and told him , ‘ I d-did n't say a word to anyone about — about us . ’ |
| 8 | Whatever the readers ' perception , Le Monde is changing and will go on doing so for some time to come . |
| 9 | I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there . |
| 10 | They had all been sitting quietly for some time , waiting . |
| 11 | I had been happily chatting away for some time to my ‘ invisible ’ recorder before I realized I was not alone . |