Example sentences of "[noun prp] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bamberger orbited over Filfla for some time . |
| 2 | He 'll be at Stoke Mandeville for some time and will receive schooling with lessons in English . |
| 3 | Beefy will report fit for today 's fourth Texaco Trophy clash with Pakistan , but skipper Graham Gooch said : ‘ It 's a problem which has troubled Ian for some time . |
| 4 | He then went into the Army and did not see Minton for some time . |
| 5 | However , the vandalism to the signalling system in the Birmingham area terminated all trains from the Cambrian and Chester/Shrewsbury areas at Wolverhampton for some weeks from Christmas . |
| 6 | Salford chairman John Wilkinson added : ‘ Our scouts have watched Gary for some time . |
| 7 | Glentoran have been eyeing Dundonald-based Ferguson for some time . |
| 8 | It may happen that the optimal tableau of LPk for some k has for all in a row i containing a structural variable x r and is not integral . |
| 9 | Aubrey says Lady Debrace is taking her down to Brighton for some sea air , but I do n't suppose they 'll go for long . |
| 10 | I had n't seen Malc for some months . |
| 11 | Milton Shulman , in the London Evening Standard , described Crawford and Corbett 's acting as ‘ two of the neatest comic performances I have seen in the West End for some time ’ . |
| 12 | We 've known something was going on in northern Romania for some time . |
| 13 | The guard traced his finger down the typed list of names attached to his clipboard , found the name , then asked Whitlock for some kind of identification . |
| 14 | The old house was featured in the paintings of Julius Caesar Ibbetson , born 1759 , who lived at Willy Hill for some years . |
| 15 | Mark was asked by McGillicuddy for some ideas by which European plants could reduce corporate operating costs on a world wide basis . |
| 16 | Marcus became gentler , moved to sit nearer to Patrick , ceased his exertions and , after gazing at Pat for some time , began to caress one of his hands , turning it about in his own hands and pressing it . |
| 17 | Late the following morning he had telephoned to inform her that he would be out of Taiwan for some days as a problem requiring his personal attention had arisen at the commercial recording studio he owned in Singapore . |
| 18 | Some 45 relief workers were the only foreigners remaining in the city , and the UN had had no representation in Mogadishu for some months . |
| 19 | Now , The Cheaper Sex had been out in the States for some weeks , and it seemed as if everyone under the age of twenty-one wanted a copy . |
| 20 | Grubb , who has lived in the United States for some years , was brought into the British team that finished second in the Los Angeles Olympics , and will be coming to Britain hoping to make the Barcelona team . |
| 21 | Don has played second fiddle to Damien McCusker for some time now and his county pedigree stretches back to 1983 when he was first honoured as a Minor . |
| 22 | None has arrived but if his death took place as I saw the angel pass I would not hear from my sister Ellen for some time . |
| 23 | Instead of just , going to Tescos for some groceries or |
| 24 | The heiress travels to Florida for some yachting but her sloop is run down and sunk by one of her own commercial schooners ; she is saved but she has lost her memory ; she ends up working on the cutting-tables in her own factory and falls in love with a manager whose previous requests for better conditions she had been happy to ignore . |
| 25 | In fact , a number of political parties and movements have been operating in Lithuania for some time , as in Estonia and Latvia ; the constitutional change merely recognises the existing situation . |
| 26 | Ron said that he 'd been preparing an obituary of Lord Mountbatten for some time , that Mountbatten had somehow got wind of it and had approached the BBC with a view to taking part . |
| 27 | Then of course he was in hospital in Assam for some weeks . |
| 28 | All was dressed up like Bud Flanagan for some reason almost drowning in a raccoon coat . |
| 29 | The visiting players have been in England for some days , and all four are becoming understandable twitchy as the time to make the first moves approaches . |
| 30 | I 'm sure he 's going to carry on showing the same brand of outstanding leadership he has shown with England for some years . ’ |