Example sentences of "and [verb] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water . |
| 2 | He was a brilliant scholar , and lived for some time at ‘ Titeup Hall , ’ Dalton . |
| 3 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 4 | Fabia awoke on Friday with a smile on her face , and lay for some while with thoughts of Ven in her head . |
| 5 | I crept in beside him and lay for some time with throbbing head . |
| 6 | Although the famous gallery owner is thinking of retiring and has for some time been searching for an institution to take on his private collection , the title of the event ‘ TransForm ’ is not a veiled reference to his forthcoming conversion from art dealer to museum collector . |
| 7 | If so he wonders if the patient needs to cry and has for some reason stopped himself . |
| 8 | Above all , they will need your loving understanding and support for some time to come . |
| 9 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 10 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 11 | Allowed to choose her hairdresser , Carole Ann Ford plumped for an up-and-coming young stylist she had known and visited for some time named Vidal Sassoon . |
| 12 | ‘ You drove to Penzance , leaving home at about seven-thirty , you went to the film and started to drive back , but your van broke down at Badger 's Cross and after trying to start it and sheltering for some time , you walked home , arriving at about half-past two . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll go and look for some wallpaper . |
| 14 | In its rough state , he showed it to the Professor , who bent his grey beard over the neat script , and read for some time in silence . |
| 15 | But to Perdita they appeared curiously passive , sitting and waiting for some man to make them unhappy . |
| 16 | We wandered over Clare Bridge , which always looks as if it is about to collapse , and then up to St John 's , where we stood on the old Wren bridge and talked for some time , gazing at the so-called Bridge of Sighs which connects the old and new parts of St John 's . |
| 17 | So I had to go to Moscow and look for some plywood . |
| 18 | The disquiet and consternation he had set up among the brothers would go on echoing and re-echoing for some time , while he who had caused it had recoiled into numbness and exhaustion . |
| 19 | I sit and stare for some time , wondering if he is sick . |
| 20 | Another interesting question is whether you have any right of redress if , while continuing to pay your salary , your employer does not give you any work to do , perhaps sending you home and saying for some reason , ‘ Do n't call us , we 'll call you ’ . |
| 21 | I feared as well that Mills might not be dead after all , that he 'd recovered miraculously and decided for some reason not to go to the police . |
| 22 | I got out of bed suddenly and fumbled for some money . |
| 23 | Even these more sophisticated attempts to elaborate where power lies and to allow for some freedom of manoeuvre for the state in capitalism can between , however . |
| 24 | The Prosecution would point to the 1991 Currie Cup Final and ask for some evidence of the power of South Africa . |
| 25 | You must go to her and claim relationship with her , and ask for some help in our trouble . ’ |
| 26 | She thought and thought for some time , and then she smiled . |
| 27 | I refused to believe that he chanced to have the same name as the previous tenants of the cottage — unless he himself was the previous tenant , and had for some reason returned to Moila without wanting to be known ? |
| 28 | Gradually , however , if all goes well , the bond should loosen and each become aware of their different needs and strive for some degree of independence . |
| 29 | She had gone to the doctor after her opening 77 and hoped for some kind of medication which would have allowed her to carry on , but all the medical man would prescribe was a three-day rest . |
| 30 | She got up slowly from the table , washed up the mug , and stood for some time absolutely still , staring . |