Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] for some " in BNC.
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1 | The theatre has still to fill the post of artistic director — indeed interviews have not yet begun — and Mr McKeown suggested the position might this time be taken by more than one person , and remain filled for some four or five years . |
2 | By working co-operatively , long-term , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
3 | By working co-operatively , longterm , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
4 | Broad-front exploration is expensive and tedious so we tend to look for some key factor that will simplify the task . |
5 | I wondered if it was you when we first got news of the Abbey — no insult just that some people get picked for some jobs . |
6 | Consequently , the result is a dull plod , a sort of po-faced mini-series in which a whole bunch of set-pieces go begging for some cinematic tricks to give them a proper build-up and punchline . |
7 | I start to think for some reason about the idea of being all right . |
8 | In fact , the light weight , the attractive looks , the easy-feeling neck and the light , low action make it one of the most pick-up-able guitars we 've had for some time . |
9 | ‘ Yes , I 've known for some time that if you want a bit of peace you only have to bore people enough and they 'll leave you to it . ’ |
10 | Considerations of this kind probably help to account for some interesting changes in the tenure of offices during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . |
11 | If you actually look at what we 've paid for some of the players say over the last two or three years , I guess you 're looking at about three hundred and fifty thousand pounds . |
12 | Now if anyone asks if you feel for any sense that perhaps some of these routines have perhaps got a bit of become inappropriate in some way , perhaps because you 're teaching a different type of child , or perhaps because you 've got rather different educational aims , they 've changed for some reason , then it 's like asking someone to go back to being a novice again in some senses to change . |
13 | Both the Inter-Regional Standing Committee for Art and Design Education ( IRSCADE ) and NATFHE have pressed for some form of national validation of foundation courses and the former organization , having collected views from the colleges offering the courses , has listed five future possibilities . |
14 | This is something for which my hon. Friends and I have pressed for some time . |
15 | Video 8 , with its inability to dub audio separately , inserts both new pictures and sound , the latter being whatever was being picked up by the camcorder 's microphone while the title was being recorded — unless you have arranged for some other sound to be fed onto the tape ! |
16 | ‘ The constructors and team-managers have enjoyed for some years now such unrealistic power and influence , have commanded so much attention , they have begun to think of themselves and their cars as the stars . |
17 | I HAVE noticed for some time now that the Amnesty International Mandate has not been changed to include ‘ people imprisoned for their sexuality ’ . |
18 | ‘ I am sure that both Prince Charles and Princess Diana will feel a tremendous sense of sadness and of failure too , as they have done for some time . |
19 | I have done for some time . ’ |
20 | Yes my children do go to school now and have done for some months now . |
21 | Yes my children do go to school and have done for some months now . |
22 | Garden Life could turn out to be the most valuable contribution to conservation we have seen for some time . |
23 | President Michael Ainslie noted ‘ a greater level of consignment activity than we have seen for some time . |
24 | One of the most blatant and invidious pieces of political skulduggery we have seen for some time . |
25 | Both Ian Allan , chairman of AIR , and I have felt for some time that this division was not helpful to the railway movement and it was agreed at the ARPS Council meeting held on 25th April ( which I missed due to the pleasure of attending my secretary 's wedding ) and the AIR Board meeting two days later that we adopt a proposal put forward by David Madden , a member of ARPS Council and director of operations on the North Norfolk Railway , to set up a joint committee to handle affairs of mutual interest , which we agreed should be called in good railway tradition : ‘ The Railway Clearing House ’ . |
26 | By week 4 , you should be feeling quite well , perhaps better than you have felt for some time and , with any luck , you will be a good deal nearer to your target weight . |
27 | It has taken an awful long time to come to fruition — and appears to have needed the departure of founder Ken Olsen to come to fruition , but Digital Equipment Corp is finally to start marketing Apple Computer Inc Macintoshes to major companies in the US , mirroring the arrangement the two companies have had for some time in Europe . |
28 | Despite a slight shortage of new ideas , she remains the strongest candidate the Democrats have fielded for some time . |
29 | John Rolfe , conference chairman , said : ‘ People within the industry have known for some time there is a need for such a gathering . |
30 | Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction . |