Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for some [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This way of seeing the development of databases can be misleading because it should not be implied that either each new generation will replace the previous generation ( all these systems will be used for some foreseeable time in the future ) or that each new generation is necessarily better than the previous one ( the appropriateness or otherwise of an approach will depend on the organisation and its applications ) . |
| 2 | Whilst I have said 2 years as the expected time to be collecting Community Charge I think this should be qualified with 2 years plus , with income being received for some considerable time thereafter especially through Sheriff Officers . |
| 3 | Some parents even said they had been aware of being watched for some considerable time . |
| 4 | Mama was rehearsing , that was all ; but it should perhaps have been kept for some other time . |
| 5 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |