Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion . |
| 3 | The lame recital went on for some time , while Jerome , piteously small and shrunken and wretched , kneeled in Rhun 's supple , generous arm , with that radiant , silent face beside him , to point searing differences . |
| 4 | Is the Fiction too slight a foundation to build on for some understanding of these intermediate years ? |
| 5 | Oh yes , I had a gentleman turn up for some physio on his arm . |
| 6 | But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come . |
| 7 | The Russians should have the courtesy to move over for some miles into middle Asia , where there is an abundance of space that lies close to them but far from us : let Russia give us sufficient coast on the Black Sea so that , from there we can resettle our beggars and peasants in Asia Minor … |
| 8 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 9 | Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting . |