Example sentences of "[noun prp] for some time " 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 Salford chairman John Wilkinson added : ‘ Our scouts have watched Gary for some time .
6 Glentoran have been eyeing Dundonald-based Ferguson for some time .
7 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 ’ .
8 We 've known something was going on in northern Romania for some time .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 ‘ No , I am American , from the East Coast , but I have been living in England for some time . ’
15 ‘ We have operated in recessionary conditions in Scotland for some time so can cope with this .
16 Monday the 11th was , as travellers and commuters will recall , one of the most wintry days over Scotland for some time .
17 The Greenlys moved to Clevedon for some time , in which district he made valuable contributions to Pre-Cambrian , Palaeozoic , and Quaternary geology .
18 Scott has been around the rock and blues circuit in Ireland for some time and has played with many of the top musicians here .
19 At the Manor Ground they 'll remember ; remember the 3rd of November for some time .
20 Insider dealing has been the focus of regulatory attention on both sides of the Atlantic for some time now .
21 I had wanted to return to Scapa for some time , to refresh my memories of that extraordinary and beautiful place and of the strange life I had lived there for nearly three years .
22 The benefits of short-term machinery hire have been known in the UK for some time .
23 This aircraft has been in the UK for some time , latterly at Audley End , Essex , and before that Rochester , Kent , and Duxford , Cambs , having been recovered from the fire dump at Decimomannu , Sardinia , Italy .
24 They said that Dalglish was after Batty for some time but Wilko refused to sell him .
25 The Royal is to be congratulated on introducing Direct Access Endoscopy , ( DAE ) , however your readers may be interested to know that Northern Board patients have enjoyed the benefit of DAE for some time .
26 It had been apparent to Hank for some time that , in spite of repeating Grade 12 at school , he was likely to fail his exams again .
27 She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing .
28 These were the first nuclear stations to be built anywhere in the United Kingdom for some time , and they attracted special attention .
29 In 1907 Picasso and Braque had been living near each other in Montmartre for some time , and after 1908 began meeting daily to talk , visit the galleries and museums , and to examine each other 's work .
30 Inside , Monks stared at Mrs Bumble for some time .
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