Example sentences of "[vb base] for some [noun] " 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 | Filter tip cigarettes , which account for some 97% of cigarettes sales in the UK , yield less tar than plain cigarettes although some filter brands yield more carbon monoxide . |
| 8 | Abu Dhabi has major oil reserves which account for some 8% of |
| 9 | All the major firms in the industry are members of the SWA , who consider they account for some 98% of the industry 's employment . |
| 10 | First of all turn one 's back on the bloody war , then qualify for some career . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Planning has been taking place on this restructure for some months now with close liaison between RAFM and the Aircraft Salvage and Transportation Flight at Abingdon , who will be responsible for all of the dismantling and moving of the airframes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ We hope for some sort of strengthened glass and double locks , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Above all , they will need your loving understanding and support for some time to come . |
| 16 | So I had to go to Moscow and look for some plywood . |
| 17 | can you , can you go out look for some paper ? |
| 18 | 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 … ’ |
| 19 | And all the time I watch for some sign of awareness in P and M. None appears . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The English monks seem for some years to have been able to resist the discipline of Lanfranc . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They now cater for some 22% of the 16+ population and vary in size from 200+ to 1000+ . |
| 24 | I was in the Lion , fortnight ago , Sunday dinnertime and lads had been on this er bike ride , you know for some children |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I sit and stare for some time , wondering if he is sick . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |