Example sentences of "[adv] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does not expect the effects of the Budget to be felt locally for some time . |
| 2 | If the birth of her child was to take place in London as had been arranged , then presumably for some weeks beforehand she would have to remain in the Harley Street flat , kicking her heels or at least suffering the kicks inside her , which she had greatly come to resent . |
| 3 | Nine pilots competed , the most for some years . |
| 4 | Maisie , from deep inside her black linen bag , was muttering about how it was all right for some people . |
| 5 | He had been following the narrow forest path downhill for some leagues , the trees soaring ever taller overhead , so that the sunlight came down in muted bars between the leaves . |
| 6 | Although cylinder manufacturers countered effectively for some decades , first with moulding techniques and later with finer grooves , the overwhelming simplicity of being able to press thousands of copies of disc records and play them on a simple machine eventually told in the disc 's favour . |
| 7 | There wo n't be much wind but it will be cool with a temperature near eight Celsius , forty six Fahrenheit , and possibly cold enough for some sleet on the Cotswolds . |
| 8 | But they 're not going fast enough for some residents of nearby welland , last night at a private meeting there was suggestions that a vigilante group should take the law into their own hands and forcibly evict the remaining travellers . |
| 9 | There you are , there 's enough for some Coke . |
| 10 | Psychological warfare is n't enough for some people . |
| 11 | But it 's all so ironic — if my little tinkering with her inhaler had n't led to her death nobody would have known that Doreen guessed — that I 'd been helping myself to the firm 's cash now and then — only piffling amounts over the years I 'd been with them , a few thousand here and there , just enough for some designer clothes and jewellery . |
| 12 | It seemed that Britain was wealthy enough for some redistribution to be possible , as , arguably , it had not been in the 1830s , and that voluntary effort had achieved little in this respect . |
| 13 | He stopped in his tracks , scanned the window opposite for some minutes , then turned to walk into the building much more slowly and thoughtfully than before . |
| 14 | Martin sat down ; he had been wanting to get to know Sarah better for some time and this seemed like a good opportunity . |
| 15 | When pressed for reasons , they would draw on such ‘ obvious ’ facts as blacks are physically equipped or conditioned better for some sports , or reference was made to the explain-ail theory of ‘ natural ability ’ . |
| 16 | The British Standard BS 6652 for child resistance is granted to specific combinations of bottle and cap and has been given only for some makes of closures on BS 1679 bottles , which are the ones we use in this hospital . |
| 17 | Pugin had complained that Victorian Gothic was considered suitable only for some purposes , ‘ MELANCHOLY , and therefore fit for religious buildings ! ! ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think we had better go inside for some explanations , ’ he said with a sigh . |
| 19 | There was silence inside for some seconds . |
| 20 | If you have struggled alone for some time you may be pleasantly surprised at what is now available to you . |
| 21 | As often as possible , they should invite Fido to play and play nicely for some time so Fido enjoys himself . |
| 22 | To force cyclists to lock and unlock their bikes , detach and reattach shopping bags , lift off children and carry them perhaps for some distance , are all seen as ways of penalising cyclists and by implication encouraging the convenience of car use . |
| 23 | When a basalt flow has cooled sufficiently for some sort of crust to form , one of two possible things can happen . |
| 24 | The pace certainly quickened — too much so for some fathers who believed the conservative minority was trying to hurry them towards a close , leaving some business unfinished . |
| 25 | This may be so for some cultures where the taboos of the kind mentioned by Freud exist , but it can not account for all the taboos and rites surrounding the dead in cultures where the dead are seen as more friendly . |
| 26 | Whatever the readers ' perception , Le Monde is changing and will go on doing so for some time to come . |
| 27 | ‘ The real singer of that name was indisposed , and was likely to remain so for some time . |
| 28 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 29 | ‘ Cider is a good area at the moment , ’ says co-author Philip Shaw , ‘ and is likely to remain so for some time . |
| 30 | He had been under pressure from Edward III to do so for some time , but he seems also to have feared that Charles V 's forces , which were advancing into the duchy , might revive the rivalries of the civil war period . |