Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for some time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I struggled for some time to understand the metaphors until an inner voice said to me during meditation : ‘ You 're in martyr over this book . ’ |
| 2 | I have for some time studied the prospects for the privatisation of British Rail . |
| 3 | We stand for some time looking at its forty-six Doric columns ( some of them , sadly , fallen ) , appreciating the entasis , the capital formation , the details of the entablature , and so on . |
| 4 | We stood for some time watching the ‘ Try your strength ’ machine which was always sited by The Fawcett Statue on Blue Boar Row . |
| 5 | They sat for some time talking and drinking tea before the music began . |
| 6 | By far the most popular location in recent years has been the Netherlands , for the very good reason that it has for some time offered by far the best deal . |
| 7 | R. A. Butler , one of the Conservative Party 's chief spokesmen on foreign affairs , stated in the House of Commons on 27 February 1947 that he had for some time regarded Korea ‘ as perhaps the greatest danger spot for peace in the Far East ’ . |
| 8 | In another passage our final text reads ‘ His words were as if meant for himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |
| 9 | The magazine text brings in the paradox of public and yet as if private utterance : ‘ His words were as if spoken to himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |