Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't read such a self-consciously ‘ literary ’ book about climbing for some years , and that style came as a shock , perhaps even intrusion : |
| 2 | After trading for some months , he has been approached by a company which says it owns the rights to the trade name Pizza Parlour and that he must desist from using it . |
| 3 | After walking for some time , having covered about half the distance between the two stations , Willie became aware of a steady , yet rather unnerving sound just ahead as if someone was hammering the rails . |
| 4 | After walking for some time through the wood Valdemar put his finger to his lips and motioned us to be quiet . |
| 5 | After listening for some time , I began to grow uneasy , feeling increasingly suspicious that his faith , though enthusiastic , was almost entirely groundless . |
| 6 | After calling for some ice-cubes which we popped into the straight Pernod , we drank them down , with predictably weird results ( we had already had Dexedrine ) . |
| 7 | After riding for some time in the dark , they finally caught up with the cart at a toll-gate . |
| 8 | After screening for some months on the surface of the mine , a boy would then link up with a collier who would take him as help-mate or butty in his stall . |
| 9 | After working for some years in the hectic , fast-moving world of City finance , she now understood far more clearly the pressures and compulsive need to succeed that characterised most leading businessmen . |
| 10 | ISPRA , the EEC 's main nuclear research establishment , is now certain to be a ‘ favoured competitor ’ in an orgy of bidding for some £300 million worth of EEC-funded research into fusion technology that is now getting under way . |
| 11 | When such means failed the extended family gave support most often in the form of food or of caring for some children of the family until a crisis was over , or permanently if it was sustained . |
| 12 | Byelarus ( on Jan. 3 ) and Ukraine introduced coupon systems for paying for some purchases [ see p. 38732 ] . |
| 13 | Others may make more conventional protests but the pain looks like continuing for some time . |
| 14 | In looking for some test of their hypothesis , scientists have tried two approaches . |
| 15 | Translating aims into specific objectives can assist in removing the confusions that can arise between intentions and practice , but beyond this the case for objectives is less certain ; in fact , it has been one of the most hotly debated innovations in teaching for some time . |
| 16 | Some would say that there is nothing remarkable or wrong in working for some group and being paid to answer some question that the group regards as important . |
| 17 | In this respect they are much the same as primitive people , who often take several days over assembling for some purpose and then several more to get started . |
| 18 | He has concentrated on writing for some years , but says he will go back into court when , and if , he finds a case that appeals to him . |
| 19 | They relaxed , sagging apart , but lay without moving for some time after the car had departed . |
| 20 | Sometimes I go without crying for some while and then I go through phases of crying rather a lot . |