Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet we find our leading members of the Labour Party accepting the argument for some form of workfare . |
| 2 | It is rapidly becoming the playground for some of Europe 's most sophisticated and cosmopolitan young people . |
| 3 | The plastic monsters look like ruling the planet for some time to come with the mammoth film and merchandise promotion that 's going on , selling everything from dinosaur lip balm to brontosaurus burgers . |
| 4 | The plastic monsters look like ruling the planet for some time to come with the mammoth film and merchandise promotion that 's going on , selling everything from dinosaur lip balm to brontosaurus burgers . |
| 5 | The chronometers , now kept in full working order at the observatory were clocks which kept accurate time at sea , solving the problem of determining longitude and paving the way for some of the greatest world discoveries . |
| 6 | The Chief Superintendent is being posted to division after heading the department for some 2 years . |
| 7 | Although you 're reaping the rewards for many of the brave decisions you took earlier this year , it seems you 're still paying the price for some others ! |
| 8 | In his move towards the latter , perhaps at that time he did not quite appreciate how influential to himself and others Roger Corman had become in providing the schooling for some of the most important film-makers of the second half of the twentieth century . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps I should sell the place and be done with it , ’ he said with an abruptness that showed he 'd been considering the idea for some time . |
| 10 | We have been considering the problem for some time — — unlike the right hon. Gentleman , who has only just discovered it . |
| 11 | Oh yeah , they 're scurrying the cellar for some We 've found two more for you . |
| 12 | Having said that , this season has seen the best conditions for controlling the weed for some time . |
| 13 | But I 've been virtually managing the fleet for some time now , and we show a consistent record of profitable operation . |
| 14 | Victoria Hernandez , telecommunications analyst for InfoCorp Europe , Paris , said the French and Swiss operators had been discussing the agreement for some time , trying to iron out the administrative problems involved . |
| 15 | They 'd been watching the site for some time . |
| 16 | I 've had my people watching the house for some time now . |
| 17 | Having completed our ‘ good for us ’ walk , we settled down by one of the two huge log fires with our paperbacks in the happy anticipation that tea would arrive promptly at four and would consist of improbably thinly cut home-made bread and butter and other bakings , whose smell had been pervading the lounge for some time with forecasts of gratifications to come . |
| 18 | Only as the car was crunching softly to a halt in the gravel of the yard did Charlotte ask suddenly , but in a tone so subdued as to suggest that she had been contemplating the question for some time , and refrained from asking it only for fear of the answer : |
| 19 | Some of our final year students who were soon to be ordained , feeling the need for some kind of support system , especially during the first few years of ministry , decided to create their own cells . |
| 20 | But I was feeling the need for some kind of action . |