Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 2 | The heroic all-rounder visited a specialist in London yesterday about a shoulder injury that has dogged him for some weeks . |
| 3 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 4 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 5 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 8 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 9 | Before he had become involved with Sien he had used her for some time as a model . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've known you for some years now . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He had taken me for some kind of refugee from the Napoleonic Wars ! |
| 13 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |
| 14 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |