Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further 35% of the students either failed at the final examination , failed at some stage of the course or withdrew for some reason . |
| 2 | So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water . |
| 3 | He was a brilliant scholar , and lived for some time at ‘ Titeup Hall , ’ Dalton . |
| 4 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 5 | After 1967 Jordan hoped that it could recover the West Bank , and believed for some years that this would be possible . |
| 6 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 7 | I feared as well that Mills might not be dead after all , that he 'd recovered miraculously and decided for some reason not to go to the police . |
| 8 | She thought and thought for some time , and then she smiled . |
| 9 | And he removed his hat and discussed for some minutes the shortcomings of his wife Rita who had been in the land-army when they met . |
| 10 | I refused to believe that he chanced to have the same name as the previous tenants of the cottage — unless he himself was the previous tenant , and had for some reason returned to Moila without wanting to be known ? |
| 11 | She had gone to the doctor after her opening 77 and hoped for some kind of medication which would have allowed her to carry on , but all the medical man would prescribe was a three-day rest . |
| 12 | When he was out of sight she crossed the great court to the gatehouse , passed by the open door apparently without a glance , and stood for some minutes in the gateway , looking along the Foregate , before turning back towards the guesthouse . |
| 13 | She got up slowly from the table , washed up the mug , and stood for some time absolutely still , staring . |
| 14 | Fabia got into the vehicle and wondered for some moments about his employer . |
| 15 | Bénezet let him go , and sat for some moments considering what he had heard , before he rose at leisure , and walked back thoughtfully to the guesthall . |
| 16 | A Somali taxi-driver denounces those in his country who still think they can make a radical revolution , before turning to a discussion of the narcotic , khat , legally available in Britain but banned for some time in the US . |