Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , a certain chiaroscuro grimness attached to their surreal exchange and cries out for some brainless , comic intervention . |
| 2 | It occurs in a book called The Scots Week-end , published by the Carswells in the late 1930s , and crying out for some other publisher to take it up and put it on the market , where it would be grabbed by many eager Scots . |
| 3 | I stayed in Brazil and worked hard for some years . |
| 4 | So , being a nosey bugger , which I am , I went into David 's room and looked around for some evidence of what actually might have happened that weekend because I was completely stunned . |
| 5 | It might also cause the price of oil to soar above $50 a barrel and stay there for some months . |
| 6 | Similarly , extensive pastures can be at some distance , since animals can be walked there and kept there for some time by herdsmen . |
| 7 | The best thing she could do was take a shower , get dressed and go out for some fresh air . |
| 8 | Joe cleared his table , put his carpet-bag in the larder , locked the door and went out for some fresh air and to get an evening paper , afternoon edition . |
| 9 | I spread them in benediction , and reached up for some air . |
| 10 | He walked to the window and stared out for some moments . |
| 11 | Meryl could sense the woman 's agitation and anger , and cast around for some diversion . |
| 12 | As often as possible , they should invite Fido to play and play nicely for some time so Fido enjoys himself . |
| 13 | 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 . |