Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Antrim 's new president collected 220 votes in all as the finances of the Association came in for some healthy but heated discussion . |
| 3 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 4 | This was unsuccessful , but fighting continued there for some time . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Jane looked around for some other inhabitants . |
| 8 | VOTING Day came early for some schools in the North-East who went to the polls yesterday in a mock General Election . |
| 9 | Well we had two copies sent to us because Amanda sent away for some |
| 10 | Jack stood there for some time , staring at the repairs . |
| 11 | After these exchanges , fighting in Kurdestan went on for some considerable time . |
| 12 | In the last week , Italian politics became even more chaotic than usual , and Germany went in for some ‘ neo-Nazism ’ . |
| 13 | But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The demonstrations continued intermittently for some 10 days . |
| 16 | Tuan Ti Fo stood there for some time , staring at the door , the wicker basket resting lightly in his hand . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | W H Smith came in for some surprisingly harsh comment from the financial press last week after the group 's interim results had revealed a 20% drop in pretax profits . |