Example sentences of "they for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies . |
| 2 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 3 | He had been with them for some time ; two or three years before , he had told her that he did n't know where he had been born , or who his parents were . |
| 4 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 5 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 6 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 7 | Heather had borrowed his binoculars , Mossop said , and studied the cottage through them for some time . |
| 8 | Yet Dysart 's expression reminded him of something else she had said : that Dysart and Clare had been arguing immediately before the explosion ; that there had been friction between them for some time . |
| 9 | what we 're dealing with is a small group of MP s who thought there were some advantages in the Paignton amendment I 've discussed it very thoroughly with them for some time , and they agree that there were real difficulties about the Paignton amendment which I 've now addressed |
| 10 | The fact that Marc had registered her exact words seemed to say that they meant something — that he had n't simply dismissed what she had yelled out from the shower , but that he had remembered and , as it seemed now , had brooded over them for some time . |
| 11 | she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know . |
| 12 | erm it might be an id if you can find them for next time |
| 13 | So if you have a look at those and play with them for next time erm and make sure that you learn those two rules about if the signs are the same |