Example sentences of "[vb base] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've done more than you thought you 'd ever get away with and so in a sense it 's all gain from here , in fact it 's been all gain for some time and so you ca n't complain and you do n't intend to if fate deserts you now . |
| 2 | A practical outcome from this incident was a new pair of deck shoes for Marty who had been campaigning for a replacement from Stores Branch for some time . |
| 3 | Fabia awoke on Friday with a smile on her face , and lay for some while with thoughts of Ven in her head . |
| 4 | I crept in beside him and lay for some time with throbbing head . |
| 5 | Many good exercise programmes stop when life and the usual routine starts to get chaotic or change for some reason . |
| 6 | Introduced populations now feral in southern England probably account for some Sussex records , making the status of truly wild birds very difficult to assess . |
| 7 | First of all turn one 's back on the bloody war , then qualify for some career . |
| 8 | They should only be used on paths , etc , or to clear a derelict patch of ground that you want to clear a derelict patch of ground that you want to clear but not replant for some time . |
| 9 | He might decide to cross-examine both of us in an attempt to detect inconsistencies in our replies , or hope for some slip-up on our part which might enable him to make the correct identification . |
| 10 | ‘ We hope for some sort of strengthened glass and double locks , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Above all , they will need your loving understanding and support for some time to come . |
| 12 | So I had to go to Moscow and look for some plywood . |
| 13 | can you , can you go out look for some paper ? |
| 14 | You need some sort of order and some sort of security , it makes your mind so sort of universal that you look for some sort of order … ’ |
| 15 | And all the time I watch for some sign of awareness in P and M. None appears . |
| 16 | In its rough state , he showed it to the Professor , who bent his grey beard over the neat script , and read for some time in silence . |
| 17 | We stand for some time looking at its forty-six Doric columns ( some of them , sadly , fallen ) , appreciating the entasis , the capital formation , the details of the entablature , and so on . |
| 18 | With a bridging loan you could choose your new , more expensive home and buy while prices remain comparatively low , then delay for some time before selling your first house . |
| 19 | I sit and stare for some time , wondering if he is sick . |
| 20 | The prices of certain goods too — notably manufactured goods — appear to be ‘ administered ’ , or set for some time so that they do not respond immediately to changes in supply and demand . |
| 21 | Um , it 's one of these things that erm y'know for some reason er the person they tell is apt to minimise the problem , is apt to say that the accusations are malicious , is apt to say that you must have imagined it and so on and so forth . |
| 22 | Once you are in the loft , it is better to use compression or push-fit fittings since they allow for some adjustment later and the fire risk of using a blowlamp is avoided . |
| 23 | Of course , one must also remember that a live pianist will be capable of making mistakes , so allow for some nervousness and do n't get too ambitious . |
| 24 | Any hope I might have entertained that Lewis and Verity 's little Hogmanay hug had been an aberration , something they would fail to follow through , or feel for some reason embarrassed about , was comprehensively quashed the next evening when they turned up together at Uncle Hamish and Aunt Tone 's , bearing all the signs of new lovers ( literally so in the case of Lewis 's neck , which displayed a line of passion purpurae worthy of an industrial vacuum cleaner , and which were ill-concealed by Lewis 's longish dark curls and a white shirt fastened with a bootlace tie ) . |
| 25 | I think I 've known how you feel for some time now . |
| 26 | First of all , you have to ascertain whether your strategy up the first part of the beat will make you want to carry on sailing on starboard tack for some time after the starting signal , or to tack onto port as soon as possible after the start . |
| 27 | You go for some tree . |
| 28 | ( Actually I originally decided to call the teams Oyus as in ‘ Oi you , go for some coffee ’ . ) |
| 29 | Go for some class |
| 30 | The Prosecution would point to the 1991 Currie Cup Final and ask for some evidence of the power of South Africa . |