Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for 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 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 NCLE has argued for some time that schools should have coordinated policies on language as a medium for learning and languages as subjects .
7 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 .
8 The Scottish Dairy Trade Federation has said for some time it is not happy with that .
9 Whether society has the right to determine its own morality is a debate which has raged for some time .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Neither has spoken for some time .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 ’ .
17 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 .
18 By working co-operatively , long-term , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet .
19 By working co-operatively , longterm , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet .
20 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 .
21 This mortaring is going to continue for some time . ’
22 Pioneer must be assuming this trend is going to continue for some time ; its Wakefield plant does not go fully on line until 1994 .
23 Ours have needed replacing for some time , ’ he added with a touch of grimness .
24 Mrs Thompson said : ‘ This is something I have intended to do for some time but somehow never got round to .
25 March wind doth blow for some time to come , according to the coastguard , and believe me it blows hellish hard round Gullholm . ’
26 Settling down because wood keeps moving for some time .
27 She hopes to continue dancing for some time before returning to a career in embalming .
28 Having gorged for some time on the sweet taste of the ‘ knowledge ’ available from large British institutions , those trained in the ‘ Fine Arts ’ emit an acrid belch of superiority on the subject of their craft .
29 The French high command must also have known for some time , but hushed it up no doubt . ’
30 When John Thelwall , a well-known democrat and agitator , who had recently been on trial for treason , happened to call and then decided to stay for some time , the strange community fell under suspicion .
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