Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three operations did not succeed in curing his glaucoma , and he had to give up his business in 1878 , although it was carried on for some years by his daughters , Eleanor , Elizabeth , and Catherine , as E. E. Dancer & Company . |
| 2 | The various caveats expressed in 6.8.4 on the use of statistical techniques by sociolinguists are not as negative as they might seem , since recently the overuse of significance testing in social science research generally has come in for some criticism . |
| 3 | However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action . |
| 4 | The situation was desperate : Holmes was away on a case , and not expected back for some time . |
| 5 | And you think that you 're lucky to be alive in that respect , but I 've never really thought that I was specially picked out for some reason to carry on living . |
| 6 | There are instances when a valid subsidence or heave claim is received but the Policyholder does not wish to have the repairs carried out for some reason e.g. elderly Policyholder does not wish upheaval , can not pay the policy excess . |
| 7 | Their lands , which had been seized by the crown in 1308 , by papal decree should have been transferred in 1312 to the Order of the Hospitallers , but in England this transfer was not carried out for some years , during which the king continued to profit from the estates . |
| 8 | This policy has been carried out for some time by the OECD countries , Todorovic claimed , except that there the figure is between 4 and 6 per cent . |
| 9 | Despite recent insights then , a respectable case can be made out for some form of intervention in some natural monopoly cases . |
| 10 | As so often on this tour , Rubin Smith and Lamb were the main architects , both playing aggressively after David Smith , flown out to replace the injured Gooch , had hung around for some time to get accustomed to the conditions only to get a bruised thumb in the process . |
| 11 | Should a main branch be broken off for some reason ( by vineyard machinery , for example ) , it is permissible to bring out a shoot half-way along the next branch to fill the gap . |
| 12 | The bed was made , but did n't seem to have been slept in for some time , although there was a folded pair of pyjamas under the pillow . |
| 13 | Manager Graham Taylor was expecting Shearer to be laid off for some while , but the extent of the injury will be worrying for all concerned . |
| 14 | The silence had stretched out for some time . |
| 15 | Both the NRC and the SPG and its equivalents had been known about for some time . |
| 16 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 17 | It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long . |
| 18 | In February the Japanese made a great effort to surround a British and Indian force in Arakan , but the result was a resounding victory for our men , who had indeed been cut off for some days , but supplied by air . |
| 19 | Looks as though it had been cut out for some reason . |
| 20 | I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity . |
| 21 | In practice , most people , however good or bad their employer 's scheme , will be contracted out for some part of their working lives . |
| 22 | I know , I was I went up for some chips at the top |
| 23 | Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox . |
| 24 | Look forward to your future with optimism , even though you may have been feeling held back for some time . |