Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] for [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again Hugh thought for some time . |
| 2 | Wilson had for some time claimed to the International Transport Workers ' Federation that the Shipping Federation would crumble if the fight could be carried to every port at one and the same time . |
| 3 | But the fact remains that Panaetius lived for some time in Rome , as the Index Stoicorum Herculanensis , an excellent source , states ( 73 ) ; and there seems to be no reason to doubt the statement of Cicero in Pro Murena that he was the guest of Scipio ( 31.56 ) . |
| 4 | Amoco had for some time contested liability . |
| 5 | Lydia lay for some time wondering how best to upset him . |
| 6 | Tanberg had for some time been interested in the way that hydrogen behaves in the presence of metals such as palladium . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ Mr Millman waited for some time but she failed to arrive and he stupidly decided to drive home himself . ’ |
| 8 | George Holmes stayed for some time . |
| 9 | Alice thought for some time , where to put it . |
| 10 | James had for some time been accepting an annual pension from Elizabeth in return for promises of assistance against foreign invaders — meaning , at this period , Spain — and on the tacit understanding that he would in no way connive at his mother 's return to Scotland . |