Example sentences of "[v-ing] for some [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been teaching machine knitting for some time and often come across pupils who have experienced the same problem . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and |
| 4 | LOOKING FOR SOME PEACE AND QUIET AWAY FROM THE PEAK DISTRICT HORDES ? |
| 5 | He was speaking for some time and when he had finished he turned to his wife . |
| 6 | Later that Wednesday , as she was teaching a class of children , two men came into the classroom asking for some paper and pencils . |
| 7 | Sometimes I go without crying for some while and then I go through phases of crying rather a lot . |
| 8 | You 're supposed to be taking things easy , and I come home after a day 's work and a beastly journey hoping for some restoration and some intelligent company . |
| 9 | In the UK , this ideal has been eroding for some time and seems unlikely to survive the escalating costs of current treatments . |
| 10 | She was longing for some peace and privacy , believing that now the wedding was over she would slip back into relative obscurity . |
| 11 | 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 . |