Example sentences of "for some time [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hour , before the heat began to build up , was the best time of day to be out of doors , and since her mistress would be asleep for some time yet she was free to go as she pleased . |
| 2 | My distress when this bombshell was dropped must have left its mark , for some time later I received a letter enclosing a card signed by a number of Australian cricketers , including Bradman , at a private dinner party . |
| 3 | And thus I can say that both on the moment of this resolution and for some time afterwards I had more sublime and happy feelings than at any former period of my life . ’ |
| 4 | A car with headlights on came towards him , cautiously negotiated the hairpin bend , and for some time afterwards he could hear it grinding up the hill to Albert Terrace . |
| 5 | ‘ For some time now we have operated on a customer-led basis , ’ explained Paul . |
| 6 | For some time now she 'd had the feeling that she was not the flavour of the month as far as he was concerned . |
| 7 | For some time now he had been certain that he had at last evolved a diction appropriate both to the requirements of classical epic and to the subtleties of the alchemical process . |
| 8 | For some time now he had not been aware of being followed , and he knew , too , that no one had searched his house in his absence . |
| 9 | ‘ For some time now I have been thinking I should marry again . |
| 10 | For some time now I have gradually become more and more disillusioned with teaching . |
| 11 | For some time now I have been greatly amused by Ian Wood 's column in the back page . |
| 12 | we approximately the subject we had been looking at for some time so I approximately , nineteen eighty eight , nineteen eighty nine |
| 13 | Swedish chief Tommy Svensson declared : ‘ If Anders does n't play for his club for some time then it 's going to be very difficult for me to pick him . |