Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] some time " in BNC.

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1 Well I think the consideration and the research has got to go on for some time .
2 But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership .
3 After taking a series of measurements I put a numbered ring on each bird 's leg so that if one came to grief and was picked up at some time in the future , its identity could be established .
4 The situation was desperate : Holmes was away on a case , and not expected back for some time .
5 This policy has been carried out for some time by the OECD countries , Todorovic claimed , except that there the figure is between 4 and 6 per cent .
6 He paced about for some time , looking agitated .
7 The train was electrically lighted , and in order to economise current when the train had to stand by for some time , nearly every lamp was under separate control .
8 But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come .
9 He stood looking down for some time .
10 She was calm , her breathing even , she had possibly dozed off at some time , a thought she found quite odd .
11 ‘ No more dressing up for some time .
12 As so often on this tour , Rubin Smith and Lamb were the main architects , both playing aggressively after David Smith , flown out to replace the injured Gooch , had hung around for some time to get accustomed to the conditions only to get a bruised thumb in the process .
13 Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment .
14 The process has been going on for some time .
15 I hear his couchée going on for some time .
16 My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round .
17 The argument had been going on for some time .
18 The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it .
19 One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time
20 When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time .
21 ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time .
22 Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that .
23 The bed was made , but did n't seem to have been slept in for some time , although there was a folded pair of pyjamas under the pillow .
24 He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska .
25 It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’
26 However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings .
27 I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity .
28 Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time .
29 ‘ I hope we can all meet up at some time in the future , ’ says Tyler , ‘ and have a tap-dance . ’
30 The silence had stretched out for some time .
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