Example sentences of "[noun prp] for some time " in BNC.
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| 31 | We can stay on Dartmoor for some time boring though it is . |
| 32 | Two wickets fell on the fourth evening , but Ellison stayed with Gooch for some time next morning , as did Gower . |
| 33 | A stranger had been chatting with Mrs O for some time . |
| 34 | King has been unsettled at Wednesday for some time , and their summer bid for John Beresford appeared to be a threat to his future . |
| 35 | Darlington councillor Frank Robson , chairman of the town 's twinning sub-committee , said : ‘ We already have twin towns in Germany and France and have been looking for a twin in Eastern Europe for some time . |
| 36 | We 've had problems at Allbright and Wilsons for some time on a change of working pattern , but this is just a modern way that companies have got today of de-manning people . |
| 37 | Category B covered those who had lived in Britain for some time and showed no obvious signs of hostility . |
| 38 | Now was the main race , a true International with 17 nations on the start line , something we have not seen in Britain for some time despite the fact that the entry was limited because of the following week 's World Sprint Championships which caused some potential entrants to opt out . |
| 39 | Contemporary with Watt was Gaspard Monge , who in 1795 published his Géométrie descriptive ; although this book was not directly influential in Britain for some time ( British engineers having little sympathy for abstract mathematics ) , it formed the basis for modern engineering drawing . |
| 40 | Unlike the work of finance or even the public sector , women have been influential in the presentation of the visual arts in Britain for some time , Sally Townsend talks to Annely Juda and Angela Flowers , two women who started in the gallery business with young children , whose lives came together briefly when they ran galleries next door to each other , two women who , together with their sons , help to shape work on show in central London |
| 41 | The council does n't expect Swindon to be ready for an assault on Britain in Bloom for some time , but it 's convinced all the effort 's worth it . |
| 42 | Dick fancies that the Examiner has asked him why he has not thought of rigging a drogue ( a thought which has in fact harassed Dick for some time ) . |
| 43 | He had been watching Clare and Underwood for some time , but without much of interest developing . |
| 44 | Mr Endara , like it or not , is likely to be leaning fairly heavily on the US for some time to come . |
| 45 | I do n't believe that the method of selling cars with huge discounts that has been going on in the US for some time is good for the companies , and I also do n't think long term it 's good for the industrial base of the country and therefore ultimately for the customer . |
| 46 | ‘ He was in Trinidad for some time last year . |
| 47 | Rumours have circulated Manchester for some time over Sharpe 's future and they intensified after he was sent home from pre-season training with what United described as a virus . |
| 48 | I had not seen Otley for some time and climbed up on the wall for a better view . |
| 49 | Beryl lingered , her grey eyes fixed on Cathy for some time , then she said : ‘ I see . |
| 50 | That 's the last I see of Greg for some time ! |
| 51 | He says this has been a deliberate policy at UU for some time . |
| 52 | ‘ Does that mean you 're going to be in New York for some time ? ’ |
| 53 | Rioch 's name has been linked with Darlington for some time . |
| 54 | A VARIED selection of veteran and vintage aircraft have appeared on the register within the past few months and include the former Warbirds of Great Britain P–63A Kingcobra which has been on rebuild to flying condition at Duxford for some time for The Fighter Collection . |
| 55 | ‘ I 've known about Paul for some time and he should bring experience and stability to our midfield , ’ said Derry manager Roy Coyle . |
| 56 | The problem of combining various aspects of an object into a single image was one which , it has been seen , had concerned Picasso and Braque for some time . |
| 57 | It seemed clear that his new duties would keep him in London for some time — certainly his stay in Italy was at an end . |
| 58 | I stayed in London for some time , but I still wanted to go to sea . |
| 59 | But that belonged to a white person who was , who could speak Punjabi very well , I think he wa he has been living in India for some time . |
| 60 | There has been a substantial differential in interest rates between the UK and USA for some time — currently it 's six or seven per cent . |