Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1916 it had become obvious that the war was not likely to be over for some time and the government round that it was necessary to introduce military conscription in place of voluntary conscription , in order to ensure replacement of the thousands of soldiers being killed and wounded on the battlefields . |
| 2 | So , I mean what I would suggest is er I do n't know is John anticipated to be off for some time do you think ? |
| 3 | ‘ Rourke is going to the Brooksby plant , and I 'll be out for some time , so I wondered if you could come over and help Becky out with the computer ? |
| 4 | With the commitment the application and operating system developers are showing , DOS is going to be around for some time yet . |
| 5 | I think that with John Maynard-Smith around — and I hope he 'll be around for some time yet in the University of Sussex , and I hope the University of Sussex will be too |