Example sentences of "[coord] for some time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is happening now , 1975 — and for some time past , is material evolvement , leaving spiritual evolvement to stagnate in the pond of Man 's Over-Conscious Analysis Of His Own Deeply Natural Sub-Conscious Development ( e.g. Christianity 's mistaken conscious self-analysed identity ) . |
| 2 | It had been long since he had asked her mother to share his bed , and for some time now his favourite had been a young Khabiri concubine , a month younger than she was herself . |
| 3 | South Cambridgeshire District Council has recognized the important part that environmental health officers have to play within the work of the District Council , and for some time now the work of the Department has been carried on under the hat of the Legal , Housing and Health Director . |
| 4 | Well , there will be a certain amount of explanation that will have to be done , because Geoffrey Howe is a well known , well liked figure among many people that I deal with er but now , and for some time now , for a year now , it 's I who have been dealing with them and I hope I 've inherited some of the work and some of the trust which he helped to create . |
| 5 | During the years of World War N and for some time afterwards there had been a heavy demand for commercial and military explosives but by 1960 when Haslam was made personnel director of the Nobel Division of ICI the demand , particularly for military explosives , had dropped dramatically . |
| 6 | When questioned at the time , and for some time afterwards , as to what the novel was ‘ about ’ , I would reply vaguely that it referred to a period in my life in the 1960s , when I was married to a successful pop star and spent much of my time travelling up and down motorways , lulled with anti-depressants and sitting , an immobile non-person , in the back of a sealed , silent and chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce . |
| 7 | And thus I can say that both on the moment of this resolution and for some time afterwards I had more sublime and happy feelings than at any former period of my life . ’ |
| 8 | Often they stay quite still when disturbed and for some time afterwards , making it even more difficult to spot them . |
| 9 | Traditionally , Mother and Baby Homes were religious-based , charity-run institutions that took in girls who had " fallen " , and cared for them during their pregnancy and for some time afterwards . |
| 10 | A car with headlights on came towards him , cautiously negotiated the hairpin bend , and for some time afterwards he could hear it grinding up the hill to Albert Terrace . |