Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [prep] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This mortaring is going to continue for some time . ’ |
| 2 | Pioneer must be assuming this trend is going to continue for some time ; its Wakefield plant does not go fully on line until 1994 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Plans were at an advanced stage when Hamnett , having vacillated for some time , phoned the BFC to say she had decided in favour of Paris after all . |
| 5 | Helen had been trying to learn for some time , but she found it very hard although Tony was endlessly patient with her . |