Example sentences of "to be [adv] [prep] some " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 2 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 3 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
| 4 | Among the guests the Mamounia while the Shah was settling in were Henry , Count of Paris , the pretender to the French crown , who was finishing his memoirs there ; the Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole , then a member of the coalition government of Rhodesia , but soon , like the Shah , to be swept away by revolution and Hassans friend , former King Simeon of Bulgaria , who was reported to be there on some business . |
| 5 | That does n't seem to be so at some stages it is a little difficult getting it over as a as a a retired person talking to someone who is facing redundancy about retirement . |