Example sentences of "[adv] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does not expect the effects of the Budget to be felt locally for some time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There you are , there 's enough for some Coke . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Martin sat down ; he had been wanting to get to know Sarah better for some time and this seemed like a good opportunity . |
| 7 | If you have struggled alone for some time you may be pleasantly surprised at what is now available to you . |
| 8 | As often as possible , they should invite Fido to play and play nicely for some time so Fido enjoys himself . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | When a basalt flow has cooled sufficiently for some sort of crust to form , one of two possible things can happen . |
| 11 | Whatever the readers ' perception , Le Monde is changing and will go on doing so for some time to come . |
| 12 | ‘ The real singer of that name was indisposed , and was likely to remain so for some time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Cider is a good area at the moment , ’ says co-author Philip Shaw , ‘ and is likely to remain so for some time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It concluded that the Simonian concept of state medicine was far in advance of public opinion and was likely to remain so for some time to come . |
| 17 | So for some time She-She and I talked very seriously about the future Princess of Wales . |
| 18 | Although many would now see this HCF model as pushing RE into a backwater if it is pursued on its own , it is still a highly influential view , and is likely to go on being so for some time because Agreed Syllabuses on the whole encourage it . |
| 19 | We have the distinct feeling that W&M had no intention of relaunching its bid yesterday and may not be about to do so for some time , which begs the question : what 's the strategy ? |
| 20 | Organizations are thus conceived of as purposive social arrangements , as stable social groups with internally differentiated roles that are brought together for some purpose . |
| 21 | Dr Ramey also explains that when couples are together for some time their hormone levels often begin to co-ordinate in the same way , so regular sex — say on Saturday nights — mean you tune into each other 's hormone levels . |
| 22 | The three men stood together for some time while the long-faced sheep ambled around them , sometimes coming close to examine them but scuttering away at the slightest of their movements , sending a ripple of bells through the whole flock . |
| 23 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 24 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 25 | they have worked together for some time and they 're likely to go on working together , ’ said Mr Capper . |
| 26 | ‘ I can only imagine someone has jumped out on her and dragged her away for some reason . |
| 27 | I had been happily chatting away for some time to my ‘ invisible ’ recorder before I realized I was not alone . |
| 28 | Father will be away for some time , and I 'm very worried . ’ |
| 29 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 30 | I have to put him into kennels tomorrow as I have to go away for some time and they insist that he be fully vaccinated . ’ |