Example sentences of "[pron] for some time " in BNC.

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1 Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time .
2 I sat with a tomato juice in front of me for some time straining my ears to hear what Nigel was saying .
3 For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time .
4 I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time .
5 Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’
6 My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college .
7 My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned .
8 I was too upset to eat or drink , but she sat with me for some time , talking gently to me , wiping away my tears , and helping me to recover .
9 When you said you had been ‘ meaning to ask me for some time ’ , did you mean over the five and a half lonely years to date of my grass widowhood or merely since I 've had no car and no earnings ?
10 Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now .
11 And erm he 's hired from me for some time now
12 It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies .
13 I had not seen them for some time .
14 He had been with them for some time ; two or three years before , he had told her that he did n't know where he had been born , or who his parents were .
15 What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time .
16 We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains .
17 I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha !
18 Heather had borrowed his binoculars , Mossop said , and studied the cottage through them for some time .
19 Yet Dysart 's expression reminded him of something else she had said : that Dysart and Clare had been arguing immediately before the explosion ; that there had been friction between them for some time .
20 what we 're dealing with is a small group of MP s who thought there were some advantages in the Paignton amendment I 've discussed it very thoroughly with them for some time , and they agree that there were real difficulties about the Paignton amendment which I 've now addressed
21 The fact that Marc had registered her exact words seemed to say that they meant something — that he had n't simply dismissed what she had yelled out from the shower , but that he had remembered and , as it seemed now , had brooded over them for some time .
22 she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know .
23 If you have not been contact with someone for some time and do not have a directory which is updated frequently , a quick phone call tell you whether your contact is still there or has moved on .
24 Lāla Bahādur 's desultory grizzling , which for some time had provided a steady accompaniment to his father 's voice , suddenly broke into an urgent heartfelt wail .
25 Connected to the main library was a hexagonal room which for some time housed the school 's paperback bookshop .
26 They fielded a ten-man defence which for some time looked like achieving the 0–0 draw they desired .
27 Lefevre , who for some time had been shifting in his seat with every sign of impatience , relaxed and smiled .
28 You may not feel this will apply to you for some time .
29 You will feel totally alone because you have relied on someone to do things with you and for you for some time .
30 I have had my eye on you for some time .
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