Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's more , he 'll go on improving for some time because he was a late starter at 24 and he is still developing . ’ |
| 2 | He could start thinking he 's a poached egg and wander off looking for some toast to sit on . ’ |
| 3 | She was as surprised as he was , and went off to look for some servants . |
| 4 | But he admitted : ‘ I believe that unemployment will go on rising for some time yet , but what is certain is that the measures I have taken will assist the employment situation . ’ |
| 5 | Phone call from our School Nurse to let us know that the School Doctor , who had to cancel medicals because of illness , is out of hospital but will not be back to work for some time . |
| 6 | can you , can you go out look for some paper ? |
| 7 | ‘ Providing I stay fit I will get the record because I plan to keep on playing for some time yet . |
| 8 | I Branches without women rivals now sided with Glasgow in demanding a campaign to exclude women for good , while branches such as Edinburgh , who had to contend with the problem , tried to go on arguing for some form of recognition of women workers . |