Example sentences of "it [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Probably the best way to find it is to extend a line from Iota Carinæ , in the False Cross , through Beta Carinæ and prolong it for some distance . |
2 | And even when it succeeds , there is still a chance that after pursuing it for some way another gazelle passing in front will impede it and its first , tiring target will be able to escape . |
3 | To cross the river we returned to the road , followed it for some way parallel to the railway and then joined the line again near a farm . |
4 | Use it for some land , maybe here , in the city , as an investment . ’ |
5 | ‘ I did n't think they 'd print it for some reason . |
6 | It was almost as if his thoughts were not wholeheartedly in it for some reason . |
7 | Another thing that tickled me about that game was that when vinny had got his second he went over to one of the hoardings that had ‘ Alexei Sayle ’ written on it and kicked the shit out of it for some reason ( same goal I think as above ) |
8 | But she took a dislike to it for some reason , she would n't go in it . |
9 | in the way of , but she 's just nervous it for some reason . |
10 | but that , as I say for England and France erm they closed it for some reason |
11 | We 're amazed that we can hear the people downstairs , cos we can hear them like , you know , if you hear somebody above you , walking here dong dong dong dong , above , you can hear it for some reason , below on the ground floor . |
12 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
13 | Back to acting , he found occasional work in television drama but nothing substantial came along , nor would it for some time to come . |
14 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
15 | To start with , you might have to go through the whole exercise in order to relax again but , once you have been doing it for some time , you will find that all you need to do is to picture your own peaceful scene and , because the link is permanently there in your subconscious mind , you will immediately begin to feel more peaceful , both mentally and physically . |
16 | I did n't get over it for some time ; it had touched my heart . |
17 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
18 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
19 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
20 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
21 | If very dirty they lay it in the stream , securing it with a large stone , and let the water flow through it for some time , after which they proceed as before … the linen is spread upon the rocks in the river , or the walls near at hand , and secured , like everything else by a stone at each corner … |
22 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
23 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
24 | IBM Corp has been doing it for some time , and now Wordperfect Corp is doing it too — applying for patents on their software rather than relying copyright law : reason is that , as the Wall Street Journal explains , a patent can provide a company with exclusive use of its patented programs for a fixed number of years , even if another company develops the idea independently ; copyright , which is created as soon as an idea is expressed in an original way , protects only the expression of the idea , not the idea itself , and it does n't confer exclusive use if someone else develops the same software independently ; downside is that getting a patent costs big — in both time and money — and once it expires , the technology it describes is free for all . |
25 | ‘ This , ’ complained Wedderburn , ‘ gives him vast uneasiness , for if he is ordered abroad before he gets his Post he dispairs of it for some time . ’ |
26 | They 've been doing it for some time at the Biro , Perth is |
27 | And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture . |
28 | Ace had been dimly aware of it for some time , but now she realized that beads of laser light were swinging in crazy arcs all round the stub of girder on which she and Defries were standing . |
29 | ‘ My organisation has been monitoring it for some time now . ’ |
30 | Indeed , she had been half expecting it for some time now . |