Example sentences of "[not/n't] for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it presumably means we will not for some time to come be seeing her again stretched horizontal on a sun lounger . |
| 2 | ‘ Not for some time . |
| 3 | ‘ Not for some time but we are not worried , miss , it 's not unusual for the gentry , if you will excuse me saying so , to keep folks waiting for payment . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Not for some time . |
| 5 | It was not for some time , and after some acquaintance , that she got round to thinking that one of the most charming features of Clelia 's room was its sense of prolonged nursery associations . |
| 6 | Some feel too vulnerable to cope with having boyfriends at all , at least not for some time , and almost all are determined that any man who shows an interest in them will have to accept and love their child too . |
| 7 | ‘ Not for some time , Chieh Hsia . |
| 8 | She was so absorbed that it was not for some time that she realized that the sea on her left was no longer the water of the estuary but had become the ocean . |