Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | On several occasions I witnessed his lordship make attempts to draw M. Dupont aside for some private conversation , only for Mr Lewis smilingly to impose himself upon them with some remark like : ‘ Pardon me , gentlemen , but there 's something that 's been greatly puzzling me , ’ so that his lordship soon found himself having to listen to some more of Mr Lewis 's jovial anecdotes . |
| 2 | Although cylinder manufacturers countered effectively for some decades , first with moulding techniques and later with finer grooves , the overwhelming simplicity of being able to press thousands of copies of disc records and play them on a simple machine eventually told in the disc 's favour . |
| 3 | Antrim 's new president collected 220 votes in all as the finances of the Association came in for some healthy but heated discussion . |
| 4 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 5 | Feeling the pinch : chief executive Jane Tozer ( left ) and marketing manager Jill Warren ( right ) expect potential clients to hold off for some time . |
| 6 | This was unsuccessful , but fighting continued there for some time . |
| 7 | He looked , little doubt of it , considerably relieved , but clearly there was something on his mind , for he stood hesitantly beside the table , his eyes scouting around for some object upon which to focus . |
| 8 | Your gear comes in for some heavy duty usage . |
| 9 | Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion . |
| 10 | The lame recital went on for some time , while Jerome , piteously small and shrunken and wretched , kneeled in Rhun 's supple , generous arm , with that radiant , silent face beside him , to point searing differences . |
| 11 | Jane looked around for some other inhabitants . |
| 12 | Some US dairy farming organizations have been urging the FDA to ban BST for some time . |
| 13 | VOTING Day came early for some schools in the North-East who went to the polls yesterday in a mock General Election . |
| 14 | Is the Fiction too slight a foundation to build on for some understanding of these intermediate years ? |
| 15 | Well we had two copies sent to us because Amanda sent away for some |
| 16 | Oh yes , I had a gentleman turn up for some physio on his arm . |
| 17 | So up we 'd go and we 'd have to keep the crowd back and the object was to wait for Mary to come out for some more beer which was the pub across the road , and when she did , grab her . |
| 18 | A more sophisticated form of level two is the coalition , where partners work together for some common purpose but do not have an identity of interest or concern and where one or other of the partners may withdraw leaving the other partner(s) to continue . |
| 19 | Jack stood there for some time , staring at the repairs . |
| 20 | After these exchanges , fighting in Kurdestan went on for some considerable time . |
| 21 | In the last week , Italian politics became even more chaotic than usual , and Germany went in for some ‘ neo-Nazism ’ . |
| 22 | But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come . |
| 23 | Because Bal 31 can remove telomeric repeats very quickly , this value may be largely underestimated , but it is in agreement with the small size observed above for some of the telomeric fragments . |
| 24 | The demonstrations continued intermittently for some 10 days . |
| 25 | The Russians should have the courtesy to move over for some miles into middle Asia , where there is an abundance of space that lies close to them but far from us : let Russia give us sufficient coast on the Black Sea so that , from there we can resettle our beggars and peasants in Asia Minor … |
| 26 | Tuan Ti Fo stood there for some time , staring at the door , the wicker basket resting lightly in his hand . |
| 27 | There are instances when a valid subsidence or heave claim is received but the Policyholder does not wish to have the repairs carried out for some reason e.g. elderly Policyholder does not wish upheaval , can not pay the policy excess . |
| 28 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 29 | Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting . |
| 30 | The three men stood together for some time while the long-faced sheep ambled around them , sometimes coming close to examine them but scuttering away at the slightest of their movements , sending a ripple of bells through the whole flock . |