Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
| 2 | No arguing with that , thought Cadfael , looking on with some anxiety from his retired place . |
| 3 | He stood looking down for some time . |
| 4 | Eliza was under no illusions that this meant they would be spending more time together : ‘ John , of course , will not remain there long , ’ she told her mother , ‘ but be wandering off in some direction … ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
| 6 | So , it 's no good er me looking up in some book Theresa 's dreams if I could decipher it like some kind of code in which every single thing in the laten in the manifest content represented something latent for what we 're trying to then kind of decode as in a code book because er that 's not valid , at least it 's not valid in general terms . |
| 7 | He said the alternative view was to take the standpoint of a fully-developed person looking back to some point marking the moment of creation . |
| 8 | In the latter , emphasis was placed on practical skills such as technical drawing and woodwork , with some pupils going on to some form of technical college but with most leaving at 15 years of age and few if any achieving university entrance . |
| 9 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 10 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 11 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 12 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 13 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 14 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 15 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 16 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 18 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 19 | Shrimp kept going up for some water , trod on Andrew . |
| 20 | Simon says in a soap fans ' magazine : ‘ I 'd hate to be going out with some girl that all the boys were hassling or eyeing up . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 22 | look it does n't matter now because we 're going out for some milk , here |
| 23 | Dieters keep trying , going back on some diet or other , because they do not want to give up on themselves . |
| 24 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |
| 25 | We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep . |
| 26 | I was just catching up on some paperwork . |
| 27 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 28 | I 'd be far better employed in getting on with some work . ’ |
| 29 | Going for a walk , arranging to meet a friend , or just getting on with some DIY , hobby , or relaxation exercises are all likely to occupy the mind more effectively . |
| 30 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |