Example sentences of "be [verb] [noun] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been pursuing proposals for some time . |
| 2 | It was a process which had been gathering momentum for some time and has continued since . |
| 3 | In the shadow of the chimneys which are bringing prosperity for some they eke out whatever living they can . |
| 4 | A woman who knew her told the court the girl had been abusing solvents for some time . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on . |
| 6 | One day , after he had been having lessons for some time , his father was called away by the boss : there was a horse in the ditch : it had gone to sleep on the edge and had rolled upside down into the ditch and could n't get out . |
| 7 | The Serbian irregulars , he says , ‘ may be waging war for some mad reasons in the name of a sick , morbid and fanatical nationalism . |
| 8 | erm strike out , interim payment , order fourteen er itself , there 's always still available to them , erm that the other side of the coin is if they get their money and of course they 're going to be threatening bankruptcy for some four thousand odd Names , I mean that 's , that 's equally devastating to individuals , erm my Lord , one would be into a type of argument on balance of convenience if we were at this stage , one would be considering the bankruptcy of the names , whether they have the funds to pay , even if judgment is given against them because vast majority do n't and what would be the point of giving judgment , this order fourteen cases saying one should n't do it in those circumstances , what if the names are right , will they get the money back , will they get a cross undertaking damages and pre er , er and to what extent do now have the funds , to what extent will it actually effect their business in the light of of |
| 9 | ‘ It needs to be worked through at local level and discussions will be taking place for some time , ’ said Mr Smith . |
| 10 | Still driven by the storm they were carried west for some hours into another narrow passage , though now the current had reversed , so what appeared to be a great ebb-tide came rushing towards them . |
| 11 | Dickens declared that : ‘ Long before Henry VIII broke with Rome numerous developments were preparing Englishmen for some sort of religious and ecclesiastical change or crisis . ’ |
| 12 | The difference is that they are now employed by the businesses to whom they have been supplying services for some time . ’ |
| 13 | Apple has been advising developers for some time to use names and not numbers but not all seem to have taken heed — it looks as though they will have to when System 7.0 comes out next year equipped with Apple 's own outline font system . |
| 14 | Making it clear that it really does recognise that the only way to revitalise its languishing business units is to hire outsiders for some of the key positions , IBM Corp late Friday announced that as well as making its AdStar Inc storage unit a wholly-owned subsidiary , it had hired industry veteran Ed Zschau , System Industries Inc founder and one-term Republican representative , to be its chairman and chief executive — and an IBM vice-president , relegating the unit 's former general manager Ray AbuZayyad to the post of president and chief operating officer . |
| 15 | In virtually all cases the work is being done as joint ventures between eastern and western telecommunications companies ; the World Bank is providing funding for some projects . |
| 16 | ‘ We are trying to play a different type of game and it 's taking time for some of the players to get used to it . |
| 17 | While such a state most frequently results from the frustration of a person 's expressed desire for some material object , especially food or tobacco , Dentan ( 1968 ) notes that it can also be the result of forcing someone to do something against his or her will . |
| 18 | ‘ Before that I was modelling clothes for some of the best fashion-houses in London — and in Paris too , sometimes . ’ |
| 19 | Heath 's lack of imagination in this field , ’ Healey observes , ‘ was to have consequences for some of his cabinet ministers later on . ’ |