Example sentences of "[adv] for some time [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As often as possible , they should invite Fido to play and play nicely for some time so Fido enjoys himself . |
| 2 | Although many would now see this HCF model as pushing RE into a backwater if it is pursued on its own , it is still a highly influential view , and is likely to go on being so for some time because Agreed Syllabuses on the whole encourage it . |
| 3 | The three men stood together for some time while the long-faced sheep ambled around them , sometimes coming close to examine them but scuttering away at the slightest of their movements , sending a ripple of bells through the whole flock . |
| 4 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |
| 5 | She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington . |
| 6 | Well , before the invention of sound recording — and indeed for some time after — the only thing people could compare it with was stenography . |