Example sentences of "[verb] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | The strobing of the light froze monsters in mid-motion , gathering for some assault . |
| 62 | I hope you will be able to arrange for some assistance , possibly by including the burial ground in your Grounds Maintenance contract . |
| 63 | First of all turn one 's back on the bloody war , then qualify for some career . |
| 64 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 65 | If the material is not topical and is delayed for some time before being sent out the date should be changed . |
| 66 | This rule does not apply to an action for the recovery of land , where the return day is that of the final hearing ( N5 — 6 ) , unless a claim is joined for some relief other than the payment of mesne profits or arrears of rent or for moneys secured by a mortgage or charge ( Ord 3 , r 3(4) ) . |
| 67 | She was in pain , but she was taking it out on a complicated Fair Isle jumper that she was knitting for some nephew in Canada . |
| 68 | I have been teaching machine knitting for some time and often come across pupils who have experienced the same problem . |
| 69 | This is something for which my hon. Friends and I have pressed for some time . |
| 70 | [ The British ] had pressed for some time for a continuation of a combined staff relationship and had only been convinced that we were serious in rejecting this when we moved their combined staff people out of the Pentagon and moved the standing group [ of Nato ] in . |
| 71 | Both the Inter-Regional Standing Committee for Art and Design Education ( IRSCADE ) and NATFHE have pressed for some form of national validation of foundation courses and the former organization , having collected views from the colleges offering the courses , has listed five future possibilities . |
| 72 | However , the patient is likely to continue coughing for some time after the antibiotics have been stopped , and the sputum that is produced when the patient coughs will be found to contain numerous pus cells on microscopic examination . |
| 73 | Anne felt helpless , only able to wipe her mother 's face and grip her hands , praying for some relief for her . |
| 74 | One would have wished for some recognition of the fact that a view of Co-operation which limits it almost wholly to the Consumers ' Movement and is satisfied with that limitation , is at least to be regretted . |
| 75 | Dying for some sleep . |
| 76 | ‘ I 'm dying for some punch . |
| 77 | ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track . |
| 78 | After walking for some time , having covered about half the distance between the two stations , Willie became aware of a steady , yet rather unnerving sound just ahead as if someone was hammering the rails . |
| 79 | After walking for some time through the wood Valdemar put his finger to his lips and motioned us to be quiet . |
| 80 | The agreement endorsed the principle of " self-sufficiency " , which stipulated that waste should be treated or disposed of as close as possible to the point of production , although it provided for some flexibility in the case of smaller countries . |
| 81 | When somebody had been convicted of the offence , or no other offences had been committed for some time , the names were removed from the police station notice board — the police needed the space there — and put in a file or destroyed . |
| 82 | 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 . |
| 83 | But we shall not know for some time yet . |
| 84 | ‘ What a blessing I did n't fall for some curtaining remnants this afternoon . |
| 85 | She had expected for some reason a warm and well-fleshed figure , dressed in tweeds saturated in the comforting perfume of unsmoked tobacco . |
| 86 | No results , however , are expected for some time ; and in any case , Whitehall expenditure reviews are notorious for failing to deliver anything of significance . |
| 87 | This comes even when death has been expected for some time , but is even more dramatic when the death is sudden . |
| 88 | The third had been expected for some time . |
| 89 | Our fellow-traveller had been mumbling for some time that he would ‘ hae tae get oot ! ’ . |
| 90 | They should only be used on paths , etc , or to clear a derelict patch of ground that you want to clear a derelict patch of ground that you want to clear but not replant for some time . |