Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a brilliant scholar , and lived for some time at ‘ Titeup Hall , ’ Dalton . |
| 2 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 3 | But the fact remains that Panaetius lived for some time in Rome , as the Index Stoicorum Herculanensis , an excellent source , states ( 73 ) ; and there seems to be no reason to doubt the statement of Cicero in Pro Murena that he was the guest of Scipio ( 31.56 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ You have the money ? ’ he asked after some time . |
| 5 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 6 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 7 | Consolidation has been accompanied by an increase in renting , a phenomenon which existed for some time in African shanty towns , before it became common in Latin America . |
| 8 | That she belonged to some time , when I was a little kid , that had somehow been barred from my memory . |
| 9 | One of the reasons for believing that cross-species extrapolation is possible at all is that all living animals have evolved from common ancestors that existed at some time in the distant past . |
| 10 | He talked for some time about a poet called Rimbo . |
| 11 | I always get on very well with English prisoners of the R. A. F. I worked for some time at the prison camp where you 'll be going tomorrow , and there I made many good English friends , especially — . ’ |
| 12 | The pair chatted for some time about her work , then the conversation turned to his medical background . |
| 13 | When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again . |
| 14 | In the early days both methods co-existed for some time in Great Britain , but the adherents of each method campaigned against one another here and elsewhere in Europe until towards the close of the nineteenth century , when oralism for the time being triumphed in all European countries . |
| 15 | I struggled for some time to understand the metaphors until an inner voice said to me during meditation : ‘ You 're in martyr over this book . ’ |
| 16 | He listened for some time before judging it safe to tiptoe downstairs . |
| 17 | Silence reigned for some time as they attacked the meal . |
| 18 | Lydia lay for some time wondering how best to upset him . |
| 19 | Again Hugh thought for some time . |
| 20 | Alice thought for some time , where to put it . |
| 21 | She thought and thought for some time , and then she smiled . |
| 22 | She thought for some time before saying : ‘ In some degree ’ puts it quite well . ’ |
| 23 | A Somali taxi-driver denounces those in his country who still think they can make a radical revolution , before turning to a discussion of the narcotic , khat , legally available in Britain but banned for some time in the US . |
| 24 | Neither of us spoke for some time until he said ‘ So what 's the deal ? ’ |
| 25 | But I would have thought that one lot of er papers would either have gone to the archives office or er been retained in the Advertiser if they amalgamated at some time . |
| 26 | This train ran for some time , but was not considered entirely successful . |
| 27 | In another passage our final text reads ‘ His words were as if meant for himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |
| 28 | The magazine text brings in the paradox of public and yet as if private utterance : ‘ His words were as if spoken to himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |
| 29 | We were still confined to our trenches due to the bombardment which continued for some time . |
| 30 | The din and chaos continued for some time after help arrived from the êchelon of spectators , Charles and Peregrine among them . |