Example sentences of "[vb past] there for some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And er , we stopped there for some time and nothing happened and me dad says Gil !
2 Similarly , extensive pastures can be at some distance , since animals can be walked there and kept there for some time by herdsmen .
3 This was unsuccessful , but fighting continued there for some time .
4 I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour .
5 She stayed there for some time , the heavy depression that had been weighing her down ever since Marianne had appeared in her room soothed a little by the gentle singing of the river .
6 Alcuin was resident among the Northumbrians in 790 and remained there for some time in the hope of influencing Aethelred , whose accession he welcomed , though evidently to no avail for shortly after he declared that he was working against injustice and that Aethelred 's attitude was not as he had hoped .
7 He remained there for some time .
8 Jack stood there for some time , staring at the repairs .
9 Tuan Ti Fo stood there for some time , staring at the door , the wicker basket resting lightly in his hand .
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