Example sentences of "for some while " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some while , the trip has had uncomfortable similarities to the Soviet leader 's visit to China last May , when the presence of the man who incarnates reform in the Communist world served as a combustible in the ‘ Peking Spring ’ that was to be forcibly suppressed a fortnight later . |
| 2 | The reason for the apparent lack of confidence was clearly the fact that Elsworth had suspended operations for some while because of coughing in his yard and had not had a winner for almost six weeks . |
| 3 | As in Spain after Franco , they can probably count for some while on a ‘ democracy bonus ’ : people will put up with hardship as the price of freedom . |
| 4 | Haynes and Richardson opened and put on exactly 100 , then Richards , on his home ground , marched out , the first time he had batted at number three for some while . |
| 5 | As most people in South Africa know , they have been living apart for some while — ostensibly on security grounds . |
| 6 | So it would seem that children may assist one parent to care for the other who might otherwise go into a home , but apart from this they have to residential homes for some while caring for and thus avoiding the admission of others , and that these two influences cancel each other out in the statistics . |
| 7 | The great Chertsey Road had been in construction for some while as it involved the building of three new bridges over the River Thames at Chiswick , Richmond and Twickenham , but it was completed in 1933 , and the entire achievement was formally opened by Edward , Prince of Wales , who drove along the route , cutting ribbons at each of the three bridges . |
| 8 | When Britain sent in troops to prevent the Canal being taken over , there was a worldwide outcry , particularly from the U.S.A. , who still accused Britain of retaining an Imperialist attitude , The British troops were withdrawn , but the Egyptians had sunk a number of vessels in the Suez Canal , so it became impassable for some while . |
| 9 | Another fake defector operating at the same time was Top Hat ( whose real name remains unknown ) , who also planted a lot of false information on the West through the Americans but did in 1965 expose the spy Frank Bossard , who worked in the Missile Guidance Branch at the Air Ministry and had been selling secrets to the GRU for some while . |
| 10 | It was entitled ‘ The Condemned Cell ? ’ and I cut it out and for some while it was on my desk . |
| 11 | On closer questioning it was found that he had been harbouring strong transsexual feelings for some while and that the injury resulted from an urge to initiate a sex change . |
| 12 | Even butterflies take note of being captured at a certain location and when subsequently released , avoid the area for some while after . |
| 13 | While your brain is doing that it will be storing the words so that when you look at your sheet of nouns you will recall what was said for some while after it was actually said . |
| 14 | The Chief Ringwraith stays on the Barrow-downs for some while before Frodo sets out , ‘ and the Barrow-wights were roused , and all things of evil spirit , hostile to Elves and Men , were on the watch with malice in the Old Forest and on the Barrow-downs ’ ( UT , p. 348 ) . |
| 15 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 16 | I have heard nothing on the Dave Norris situation for some while , but we must consider that he has gone . |
| 17 | ‘ The machine has a great potential for use at the centre and its restoration has been a project that we have all been working towards for some while . ’ |
| 18 | BOEING 'S 707 ( the type has been in the vintage class for some while ) has finally ceased production . |
| 19 | For some while he had suffered from phlebitis and several times in the previous months he had been unable to speak at meetings . |
| 20 | By sinking several Genoese vessels and taking others captive , the English made sure that the port remained in English hands , that ( for some while ) they would control the wide estuary of the Seine , and that they might , in the phrase of the day , ‘ sweep ’ the French off its waters by patrolling the sea . |
| 21 | ‘ She is an unmarried middle-aged lady who , after having worked for some while as a district nurse and in health care nursing , in 1968 began fostering children . |
| 22 | Nothing happened for some while after the collapse of the Fearless talks . |
| 23 | Which meant he had planned this visit for some while . |
| 24 | The light rested on the last of these for some while , then moved upward , searching the end wall . |
| 25 | for for some while . |
| 26 | Sometimes I go without crying for some while and then I go through phases of crying rather a lot . |
| 27 | Recovery takes about a month but bouts of fever and liverishness can keep returning for some while . |
| 28 | Catherine had for some while been recruiting architects from the West , especially from Italy . |
| 29 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 30 | She sat on the small stove for some while gradually becoming more agitated . |