Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the patient is likely to continue coughing for some time after the antibiotics have been stopped , and the sputum that is produced when the patient coughs will be found to contain numerous pus cells on microscopic examination . |
| 2 | Of course , for early EDI users , getting two computers , one 's own and one belonging to a trading partner , to talk to one another , was quite enough of a challenge , without worrying about other people you and your partners might want to communicate with some time in the future . |
| 3 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 4 | The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active . |
| 5 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 6 | Past changes in both relative equity and gilt prices have a negative influence on future expectations although interest differentials ( RATE ) are expected to persist for some time . |
| 7 | They have two natural gaits the gentle , lolloping , forward movement of the warren on a summer evening and the lightning dash for cover that every human has seen at some time or other . |
| 8 | The derogation , which applies to all cereals intervened after November 1 , puts UK farmers on a par with their counterparts in northern Europe where the relaxation has applied for some time . |
| 9 | NCLE has argued for some time that schools should have coordinated policies on language as a medium for learning and languages as subjects . |
| 10 | The Government has argued for some time now that we live in a parliamentary democracy and that all decisions on behalf of the people will be made by Parliament . |
| 11 | The Scottish Dairy Trade Federation has said for some time it is not happy with that . |
| 12 | Whether society has the right to determine its own morality is a debate which has raged for some time . |
| 13 | Angling for the deal that it has sought for some time now , UK firm IXI Ltd , Cambridge , is starting to cast groundbait all over the water in an attempt to land its catch . |
| 14 | Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round . |
| 15 | Because star formation and hence the formation of neutron stars by supernova collapse in NGC6342 ceased long ago , the apparent youth of the pulsar suggests that a major event has occurred at some time during the last 10Myr . |
| 16 | It 's what everyone has to do at some time — it 's called taking responsibility for yourself . |
| 17 | Pick Systems Inc has recognised for some time that it will have to concentrate on the database side of Pick 's personality in order to survive , but currently only around 40% of sales comes from Pick for Unix , with a few percent going to the MD-DOS implementation and the native Intel Corp iAPX-86 implementation accounting for the biggest part of the business . |
| 18 | Neither has spoken for some time . |
| 19 | The search for such dating methods has continued for some time , but in the second half of this century several methods have been developed , which provide much better ways of dating some sites and finds . |
| 20 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 21 | He said yesterday that as Mr Dignum spent most of his time looking after the stores , which include the troubled Silo chain in America , the move ‘ reflects the reality of the situation which has existed for some time ’ . |
| 22 | The pianist was Roger Bluff , who seemed able to draw a singing tone from the Festival piano that I have not heard matched for some time . |
| 23 | By working co-operatively , long-term , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 24 | By working co-operatively , longterm , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 25 | At recent rates about 80 per cent of married women can expect to work at some time in their married lifetime ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 26 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
| 27 | This mortaring is going to continue for some time . ’ |
| 28 | Pioneer must be assuming this trend is going to continue for some time ; its Wakefield plant does not go fully on line until 1994 . |
| 29 | Ours have needed replacing for some time , ’ he added with a touch of grimness . |
| 30 | Mrs Thompson said : ‘ This is something I have intended to do for some time but somehow never got round to . |