Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm what I have in mind to do my Lord , is to open the case now for you to indicate the scope of erm and will you then know , agreed that we would invite you to adjourn that for some time to enable you do some reading of the witness statement and expert 's reports because of course they are long and that would take considerable amount of with your Lordship is able to familiarise himself with the matter which is contained therein . |
| 2 | She lay awake for some time , puzzling over Fen 's behaviour . |
| 3 | Hauling himself back to bed he lay awake for some time , before falling asleep . |
| 4 | But either it was not hunting or he was too big to tackle , for it disappeared over the heather ; and although he waited motionless for some time , it did not return . |
| 5 | ‘ With over 300 covers it was probably too big as a fish restaurant and while it stayed successful for some time as The Chicago Meatpackers , the area around it , in the West End of London , has changed in two major ways . |
| 6 | It stood unused for some time and was burnt down by vandals in 1970 . |
| 7 | It stood idle for some time , eventually being sold in 1897 and demolished a year or so later . |