Example sentences of "[be] [adv] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Ramey also explains that when couples are together for some time their hormone levels often begin to co-ordinate in the same way , so regular sex — say on Saturday nights — mean you tune into each other 's hormone levels . |
| 2 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 3 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 4 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 5 | The signs at first sight seem to be completely different from those of other scripts found in Minoan Crete , and they are often for this reason said to be an import : the disc itself is sometimes explained away as a foreign curiosity . |
| 6 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach . |
| 7 | It was true , but Wycliffe remembered Emily Pascoe 's words : ‘ … delicate ; you could see she would n't be long for this world . ’ |
| 8 | A reliable little bird tells this column that Frank may not be long for this world either . |
| 9 | All this , you might think , would be enough for any playwright but , with reckless abandon , Shadwell keeps flinging further ingredients into his rich comic stew . |
| 10 | We know that er stress er does cause exacerbation of other illnesses and er people can be away for that sort of reason . |
| 11 | The only thing that we do , and we 've always done it without Neighbourhood Watch , we always make a point of telling one another when we 're gon na be away for any period of time . |
| 12 | Father will be away for some time , and I 'm very worried . ’ |
| 13 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't pay John any bigger compliment — to be underground for that length of time . |
| 15 | I 'm here for some time , not forever . |
| 16 | ’ He could be here for any number of reasons … ’ |
| 17 | She gave me her apologies earlier for being unable to be here for this stage of the debate . |
| 18 | Oh you 're not going to be here for this joke so I , I said oh got ta let him down . |
| 19 | ‘ We will be here for some time . |
| 20 | I shall be here for some time . |
| 21 | ‘ I shall be here for some time . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ My men will be here for some time yet , and I 'll leave someone here on duty all night . |
| 23 | I shall be here for some time — I have to make detailed drawings and take photographs . |
| 24 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 25 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 26 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
| 27 | I was now in my twenty-seventh year on the island , and I did not want to be there for another year . |
| 28 | For sublanguage processing this may prove to be extremely useful if a large ( raw ) corpus is available , since the word classification will be specifically for that sublanguage type . |
| 29 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 30 | ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered . |