Example sentences of "[adv] for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does not expect the effects of the Budget to be felt locally for some time . |
| 2 | Martin sat down ; he had been wanting to get to know Sarah better for some time and this seemed like a good opportunity . |
| 3 | If you have struggled alone for some time you may be pleasantly surprised at what is now available to you . |
| 4 | As often as possible , they should invite Fido to play and play nicely for some time so Fido enjoys himself . |
| 5 | Whatever the readers ' perception , Le Monde is changing and will go on doing so for some time to come . |
| 6 | ‘ The real singer of that name was indisposed , and was likely to remain so for some time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Cider is a good area at the moment , ’ says co-author Philip Shaw , ‘ and is likely to remain so for some time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | So for some time She-She and I talked very seriously about the future Princess of Wales . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | they have worked together for some time and they 're likely to go on working together , ’ said Mr Capper . |
| 19 | I had been happily chatting away for some time to my ‘ invisible ’ recorder before I realized I was not alone . |
| 20 | Father will be away for some time , and I 'm very worried . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | He 's away for some time . |
| 24 | But since you have come this far you wait ( usually for some time ) until the supervisor emerges . |
| 25 | He took it , and after turning restlessly for some time , he eventually fell into a deep , heavy sleep . |
| 26 | Proteon 's announcement that it is splitting its business into two divisions ( one for adaptor boards and wiring centres ; the other for internetworking and intelligent hub systems ) is in line with what has been happening internally for some time , says Swan . |
| 27 | While Visa debit cards have been accepted internationally for some time , the Mastercard equivalent , Switch , is still waiting to be linked up to the Mastercard/Eurocard payment system . |
| 28 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 29 | My hon. Friend underlines the confusion which has reigned over the project , certainly during the past decade and probably for some time before that . |
| 30 | Ludens , who had been watching this face attentively for some time , could now however read in it signs of care , a wrinkling of the brow , not marked exactly in any lines of flesh but as a cloud poised , the mouth and eyes narrowing as in thought or pain , the hints of a perhaps imminent older face . |