Example sentences of "be [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even such an exalted pedigree as this , though , has not been enough for some of Britain 's big stores . |
| 2 | Dr Ramey also explains that when couples are together for some time their hormone levels often begin to co-ordinate in the same way , so regular sex — say on Saturday nights — mean you tune into each other 's hormone levels . |
| 3 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 4 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 5 | My client and his girlfriend have been together for some six year , they have three children aged six , five and four . |
| 6 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 7 | She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North . |
| 8 | Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth . |
| 9 | He had been away for some hours . |
| 10 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach . |
| 11 | This may be so for some cultures where the taboos of the kind mentioned by Freud exist , but it can not account for all the taboos and rites surrounding the dead in cultures where the dead are seen as more friendly . |
| 12 | But though this hope might be enough for some who were actually to lift themselves out of the working class , and perhaps also for a greater number who never got beyond dreaming of success as they read Samuel Smiles 's Self-Help ( 1859 ) or similar handbooks , it was perfectly evident that most workers would remain workers all their lives , and indeed that the economic system required them to do so . |
| 13 | Would be away for some weeks . |
| 14 | Father will be away for some time , and I 'm very worried . ’ |
| 15 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 16 | I 'm here for some time , not forever . |
| 17 | ‘ We will be here for some time . |
| 18 | I shall be here for some time . |
| 19 | ‘ I shall be here for some time . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ My men will be here for some time yet , and I 'll leave someone here on duty all night . |
| 21 | I shall be here for some time — I have to make detailed drawings and take photographs . |
| 22 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 23 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
| 24 | I may even be abroad for some of that time . ’ |
| 25 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 26 | ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered . |
| 27 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 28 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
| 29 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
| 30 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |