Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been pressing her to move for some time . |
| 2 | He waited , out of long experience with dominant characters , until a natural break occurred and used it to ask for some background , starting with how long the Minister had known Miss Morgan . |
| 3 | ‘ Let us repair for some repast , ’ he chuckled as he held the door open for me . |
| 4 | It was this disappearance that really roused my suspicion , and started me searching for some kind of pattern to make sense of these changes . |
| 5 | did she hesitate for some time before the answers ? |
| 6 | Cook for 1 hour 43 minutes and you have Death Becomes Her , a frothy souffle whose first bite melts deliciously in the mouth but soon leaves you champing for some meat . |