Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 2 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 3 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 4 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 5 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 6 | I certainly would not like to do without my own sound card now that I 've had one for some time , and I 'm seriously considering changing it for a Laserwave Plus , purely because I find its configurability and standard of sound to be better than the one I already have . |
| 7 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 8 | Before he had become involved with Sien he had used her for some time as a model . |
| 9 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 10 | He had taken me for some kind of refugee from the Napoleonic Wars ! |
| 11 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |
| 12 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |