Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it had become easier for some middle-class men ( or their sons ) to earn membership of the national ruling culture by Edwardian times , their status as true " gentlemen " remained equivocal in an atmosphere of continued mistrust of the business community , albeit tempered by outbreaks of anxiety over the volatility of the lower orders which it was felt the task of their middle-class superiors to defuse . |
| 2 | In Kufra one policeman ( the senior customs officer ) was a stranger , though he had lived there for some decades ; in Tazarbu nearly all policemen were from one lineage ( Bilal ) , or had married into it ; the senior officer 's son was also in the force , a trainee under his father 's authority . |
| 3 | Mr Fallon said a family renting a house valued at £25,000 , and entitled to the maximum price discount of 40pc because they had lived there for some years , could have a mortgage of £10,000 . |
| 4 | She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington . |
| 5 | There were signs that Sir Charles had stood there for some time . |
| 6 | He could not say when , but the horse dung and the faint indentations in the dry earth showed riders had stood there for some time . |
| 7 | Near the Salt Tower he found the gravel-strewn slush had been disturbed , indicating someone had stood there for some time . |