Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martin sat down ; he had been wanting to get to know Sarah better for some time and this seemed like a good opportunity . |
| 2 | EMBOLDENED by the election result , that near-extinct breed , the yuppie , is taking its first tentative steps abroad for some time . |
| 3 | She 's been trying to get the Blaneys out for some time . |
| 4 | And we have had the trust secretary who has been working on our behalf voluntarily for some time now . |
| 5 | Slow growth abroad is depressing commodity prices and the government will need to keep monetary policy tight for some time to avoid re-stoking inflation and the current-account deficit . |
| 6 | ‘ You know , ’ he began , ‘ that you 've had enemies here for some time . |
| 7 | Ludens , who had been watching this face attentively for some time , could now however read in it signs of care , a wrinkling of the brow , not marked exactly in any lines of flesh but as a cloud poised , the mouth and eyes narrowing as in thought or pain , the hints of a perhaps imminent older face . |