Example sentences of "for [adj] time [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington . |
| 2 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 3 | ‘ They had known each other for some time before they married , though , had n't they ? ’ ventured Greg . |
| 4 | This polychrome type of design seems to have been invented at Knossos , where it was fashionable for some time before it was adopted generally in the east of Crete . |
| 5 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 6 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |
| 7 | He became very depressed for some time before he could reassess himself , start to use his considerable abilities and begin courting his wife again . |
| 8 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
| 9 | Indeed , it should be emphasized that Picasso had been dissatisfied with the limitations imposed on pictorial volumes by a scientific or linear system of perspective for some time before he became aware of the fact that Cézanne 's painting suggested a new concept of form and space . |
| 10 | He had been sitting by the fire for some time before he decided to open the letter . |
| 11 | She stumbled on in this manner for some time before I talked her into accepting a chair and a cuppa . |
| 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 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
| 14 | ‘ I shall have to ask you not to come to the wardroom for some time after they come . |
| 15 | But for some time after she had sat wondering , with a slight undertow of apprehension , what sort of things Hilda would be saying . |
| 16 | Also , bear in mind that traces of drugs remain in the system and can be detected for some time after you have stopped taking them . |
| 17 | For some time after he had gone , Emmie stared with smarting eyes at the ceiling , humming casually under her breath . |
| 18 | They were silent for some time as they picked their way in single file along the path that wound up the hillside . |
| 19 | Silence reigned for some time as they attacked the meal . |
| 20 | Mr Kingsley Low , general secretary of the British Beekeepers ' Association , said : ‘ We have been expecting to find varroa for some time as it is so widespread on the Continent . |
| 21 | There was silence in the room for some time as he waited for Frank to regain his composure , to ask the inevitable questions . |
| 22 | Needless to say she has to take life as quietly as possible for some time if she is to regain her health and everyone will be pleased to know she is making good progress along these lines . |
| 23 | What 's more , he 'll go on improving for some time because he was a late starter at 24 and he is still developing . ’ |
| 24 | Neither of us spoke for some time until he said ‘ So what 's the deal ? ’ |
| 25 | It continued to produce cloth for some time until it closed . |
| 26 | Electrical stimulation could produce dramatic effects , but the proper study of electro-physiology had to wait for some time until it was possible to record small electrical potentials . |
| 27 | And he said well just get yourself home and tell your father that I want it paid for this time because I only replaced that glass last week , which he had |
| 28 | This is only true if the image is projected for less time than it takes for the eye to move . |
| 29 | This is only true if the image is projected for less time than it takes for the eye to move . |
| 30 | For next time if you like you can think of some tion words and and write them down . |