Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came to the bank of the stream which had for some time been running unseen beside them . |
| 2 | For example , an English person who lives for some time in the United States will often acquire a " partially " American accent . |
| 3 | The evidence of psychoanalysis shows that almost every intimate emotional relation between two people which lasts for some time — marriage , friendship , the relation between parents and children — contains a sediment of feelings of aversion and hostility , which only escapes perception as a result of repression . |
| 4 | To such an end it had for some time been seeking to intensify contacts with both Tehran and Baghdad . |
| 5 | Consolidation has been accompanied by an increase in renting , a phenomenon which existed for some time in African shanty towns , before it became common in Latin America . |
| 6 | We were still confined to our trenches due to the bombardment which continued for some time . |