Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er , we stopped there for some time and nothing happened and me dad says Gil ! |
| 2 | He worked contentedly for some time and was deep in the intricacies of a genealogy when the telephone rang . |
| 3 | Similarly , extensive pastures can be at some distance , since animals can be walked there and kept there for some time by herdsmen . |
| 4 | This was indeed what was sought by the IS team in the first place , and was a concept to which they clung tenaciously for some time . |
| 5 | This was unsuccessful , but fighting continued there for some time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I agree it 's hard to distinguish between our footprints but this stain , this wetness , shows someone stood here for some time , their cloak and boots heavy with snow . |
| 8 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 9 | She stayed there for some time , the heavy depression that had been weighing her down ever since Marianne had appeared in her room soothed a little by the gentle singing of the river . |
| 10 | Alcuin was resident among the Northumbrians in 790 and remained there for some time in the hope of influencing Aethelred , whose accession he welcomed , though evidently to no avail for shortly after he declared that he was working against injustice and that Aethelred 's attitude was not as he had hoped . |
| 11 | He remained there for some time . |
| 12 | Jack stood there for some time , staring at the repairs . |
| 13 | Tuan Ti Fo stood there for some time , staring at the door , the wicker basket resting lightly in his hand . |