Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time ever , my pride got the better of me and I desperately looked round for some means of defending myself . |
| 2 | And you think that you 're lucky to be alive in that respect , but I 've never really thought that I was specially picked out for some reason to carry on living . |
| 3 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
| 4 | But Labour Party councillors also came in for some criticism from delegates . |
| 5 | I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity . |
| 6 | She switched on the shower and tested the water , then looked round for some shampoo to wash the rest of the snarls from her hair . |