Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | During our stay we were awakened not only by the cocks , but on several occasions by piercing screams coming from the rice-paddies behind us , which would continue for some time before abruptly stopping . |
| 32 | He also struck me as a man who gave the most mature thought before uttering even one of these rare words ; and that if you said ‘ good morning ’ to him , he would reflect for some seconds while a number of questions passed through his mind . |
| 33 | I would ask for some Kleenex , some razor blades and I would get to that word and I could n't do it . ’ |
| 34 | His head was growing heavy , he would ask for some coffee when the waiter returned ; it was dark indoors , darker than he would have expected on a showery early summer afternoon , when the sun outside does not dazzle . |
| 35 | The following aspects of policy are insufficiently studied and will remain for some years central preoccupations of the Group : |
| 36 | This is an issue which Western Governments and unions are only really beginning to grapple with in the context of the Single European market , and for many that is where the debate will stay for some time . |
| 37 | The core will stay for some time . |
| 38 | For light loads you may be comfortable with a simple padded back system , but many people will opt for some kind of frame at this stage . |
| 39 | Rather , an enlightened dualist will search for some significance , which we may call STYLISTIC VALUE , in a writer 's choice to express his sense in this rather than that way . |
| 40 | They will not move out of the tradition in manner or moral , but will only marry higher education and will search for some way to use it . |
| 41 | This argument will run for some years . |
| 42 | Darlington will hope for some reward at Shrewsbury today to ease relegation worries . |
| 43 | The arguaments over the truth of the book and whether it should have been made public will rage for some time to come . |
| 44 | Right , and this will call for some sensitivity in terms of how we handle this . |
| 45 | By necessity changes will take many years to enact a , id consequently the present system will prevail for some time . |
| 46 | Our own expert Mandy Johnson has been telling you the wisdom of physiotherapy for many , many months and will continue for some time to come . |
| 47 | ‘ It 's a security measure and it will continue for some time , ’ said a police spokesman , who revealed that the roads , one of which is part of the main Clogher to Omagh Road , had been closed under a Secretary of State 's Order . |
| 48 | We may assume , however , that he will have a better understanding of the purpose of the author in constructing the text in the way it is constructed if he knows that it is written in the late nineteenth century ( which will account for some differences in code , in Hymes ' terms ) in Victorian England ( which will account for the reference to a Reformatory ) and that the author is constructing the first English detective story , narrating the events from the point of view of four different participants , whose characters are in part revealed by the narrative style which the author assigns to them . |
| 49 | Absenteeism will account for some gaps , and temporary vacancies for inability to state a clerk 's name . |
| 50 | The Bar Council 's equal opportunities programme will account for some 10% of total expenditure this year . |
| 51 | This allergic reaction explains why , after successful treatment of the infection , itching may continue for some weeks because of the dead remains of the mite persisting under the skin . |
| 52 | If this is in the form of a loose box to which the cow can adapt for some days before calving , then there is inevitably less stress . |
| 53 | Then maybe we can look for some food . ’ |
| 54 | The same can happen for some people with caffeine , which is found particularly in coffee , tea , cocoa , chocolate and in smaller quantities in lemonade , cola and similar soft drinks . |
| 55 | I thought , yeah , fair enough she goes , we can go and pick him up from the child-minder and then er you can come for some tea and you 'll be home by about half seven ! |
| 56 | This can last for some weeks . |