Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The various caveats expressed in 6.8.4 on the use of statistical techniques by sociolinguists are not as negative as they might seem , since recently the overuse of significance testing in social science research generally has come in for some criticism . |
| 2 | However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action . |
| 3 | As so often on this tour , Rubin Smith and Lamb were the main architects , both playing aggressively after David Smith , flown out to replace the injured Gooch , had hung around for some time to get accustomed to the conditions only to get a bruised thumb in the process . |
| 4 | The silence had stretched out for some time . |
| 5 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 6 | It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long . |
| 7 | Look forward to your future with optimism , even though you may have been feeling held back for some time . |