Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the patient is likely to continue coughing for some time after the antibiotics have been stopped , and the sputum that is produced when the patient coughs will be found to contain numerous pus cells on microscopic examination . |
| 2 | The theatre has still to fill the post of artistic director — indeed interviews have not yet begun — and Mr McKeown suggested the position might this time be taken by more than one person , and remain filled for some four or five years . |
| 3 | ‘ She has to go for some more treatment , ’ Jack Foley said . |
| 4 | The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active . |
| 5 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 6 | The Committee has pointed out that nothing is more foolish than to have timetable motions introduced after a Committee has sat for some sessions , perhaps debating the first two or three clauses of a Bill , and then , the guilloting having been introduced , the rest of the Bill — perhaps 60 , 70 or 80 clauses — is rushed through with hardly any debate . |
| 7 | Past changes in both relative equity and gilt prices have a negative influence on future expectations although interest differentials ( RATE ) are expected to persist for some time . |
| 8 | Josie tried to reach for some killer of an argument , a real zinger that she could pull out of the air and use to disarm all opposition . |
| 9 | The derogation , which applies to all cereals intervened after November 1 , puts UK farmers on a par with their counterparts in northern Europe where the relaxation has applied for some time . |
| 10 | NCLE has argued for some time that schools should have coordinated policies on language as a medium for learning and languages as subjects . |
| 11 | The Government has argued for some time now that we live in a parliamentary democracy and that all decisions on behalf of the people will be made by Parliament . |
| 12 | The Scottish Dairy Trade Federation has said for some time it is not happy with that . |
| 13 | Whether society has the right to determine its own morality is a debate which has raged for some time . |
| 14 | Angling for the deal that it has sought for some time now , UK firm IXI Ltd , Cambridge , is starting to cast groundbait all over the water in an attempt to land its catch . |
| 15 | Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round . |
| 16 | Our society too still has recognized ways of marking the change in status that has occurred for some people . |
| 17 | In general , the baby 's wishes had tended in the past to be suspect , and the mother had been expected to look for some non-permissible motive behind them , in the form either of dangerous ( probably erotic ) impulses or of a rebellious determination to dominate the mother-in either case , constant control of the child was called for , and only the baby who had submitted himself completely to the mother 's control could be called a good baby . |
| 18 | On this occasion , devising a pretext for attacking the auditors has called for some ingenuity . |
| 19 | It states that sex is not appropriate in every situation where a couple are mutually attracted , or even within a relationship that is expected to last for some months or even years . |
| 20 | Pick Systems Inc has recognised for some time that it will have to concentrate on the database side of Pick 's personality in order to survive , but currently only around 40% of sales comes from Pick for Unix , with a few percent going to the MD-DOS implementation and the native Intel Corp iAPX-86 implementation accounting for the biggest part of the business . |
| 21 | Neither has spoken for some time . |
| 22 | So always buy more flowers and foliage than you think you will need to allow for some spares . |
| 23 | Ingres , which contributed 62% to ASK 's third quarter revenues , is expected to account for some $243m of ASK 's turnover of $430m anticipated for its year to June 30 . |
| 24 | The abandoned house they bought needs repairs , but the agency helped to pay for some of the necessary work . |
| 25 | The staff has worked for some years to create links with the community and has worked to develop the curriculum , giving special attention to the learning needs of bilingual children . |
| 26 | The search for such dating methods has continued for some time , but in the second half of this century several methods have been developed , which provide much better ways of dating some sites and finds . |
| 27 | Chapple-Hyam has warned for some days that he is reluctant to risk Rodrigo de Triano , winner of the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas , on soft ground . |
| 28 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 29 | He said yesterday that as Mr Dignum spent most of his time looking after the stores , which include the troubled Silo chain in America , the move ‘ reflects the reality of the situation which has existed for some time ’ . |
| 30 | The pianist was Roger Bluff , who seemed able to draw a singing tone from the Festival piano that I have not heard matched for some time . |