Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] 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 | Recovery takes about a month but bouts of fever and liverishness can keep returning for some while . |
| 3 | Ours have needed replacing for some time , ’ he added with a touch of grimness . |
| 4 | Settling down because wood keeps moving for some time . |
| 5 | She hopes to continue dancing for some time before returning to a career in embalming . |
| 6 | The evictions marked the end of the squatters ' movement , which at its most successful had provided housing for some 10,000 people . |
| 7 | Consequently , the result is a dull plod , a sort of po-faced mini-series in which a whole bunch of set-pieces go begging for some cinematic tricks to give them a proper build-up and punchline . |
| 8 | You might go hoping for some insight into the goat-hair experiences of Professor Peters or Evans-Pritchard , but , after the initial polite questions , you are asked if you have heard the news from Iran . |
| 9 | We sat shaking for some minutes before regaining sufficient composure to drive on . |
| 10 | It remained floating for some minutes , with lights burning at the upper windows and people shouting for help , and then finally sank . |
| 11 | A few minutes later they had acknowledged Mr Bryant and his daughter outside their house , and then trudged home and stood chatting for some time on the doorstep . |