Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not spoken so elaborately for some time , and Betty knew the warning signs ; so , whereas with anyone else she would have appealed to their better nature , in this case she held her tongue . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , they have been cooped up here for some time , ’ Ana pointed out . |
| 3 | In America it 's already selling well , but it wo n't be out here for some time . |
| 4 | Some feel too vulnerable to cope with having boyfriends at all , at least not for some time , and almost all are determined that any man who shows an interest in them will have to accept and love their child too . |
| 5 | Mounce swilled his whisky round moodily for some time , as if trying to think what to do next . |
| 6 | After they had been searching and moving on quietly for some time , they reached a place from which they could see that the field below them broadened out . |