Example sentences of "for [adv] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eerie lights would hang in the air for quite some time then the mortars came over to burst at the edge of the wood . |
| 2 | Have n't heard anything for quite some time now . |
| 3 | They 'll often put up with dripping taps and wobbly shelves for quite some time before being motivated to fix them . |
| 4 | ‘ I think you 'll find them around for quite some time ’ . |
| 5 | The girl 's eyes did not at first stray in my direction so I was able in safety to look at her , to examine her , for quite some time . |
| 6 | It had been prepared for quite some time and the brunt of it was against the Serbs , ’ said Col Jovanovic . |
| 7 | For quite some time he lived with the expectation that he was going to die . |
| 8 | The excess will remain in the buyer 's warehouse for quite some time , tying up his capital and his storage space . |
| 9 | I do n't think he lay down for quite some time though as he never had any shavings in his mane or tail for weeks but at least he could move about and that relieved quite a few of his problems . |
| 10 | ‘ Before we appoint a new assistant , we interview them for quite some time . |
| 11 | For quite some time I thought that bunsen was something that the burners burnt . |
| 12 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
| 13 | From the mid-'50s , where we 've been for quite some time , we 're suddenly into the '60s , 1961 in fact , and a finger-picked instrumental written by Chet Atkins , entitled Trambone . |
| 14 | So Megadeth fans can expect to see this line-up staying together for quite some time ? |
| 15 | It 's not the most efficient of systems , so Mr Nabakov has been considering a move over to a suitable ledger system for quite some time , and is in the process of introducing Platinum , a US package recently released in Britain ( see suppliers panel ) . |
| 16 | This saga has gone on for quite some time . |
| 17 | 3.10:TOP weight Shoon Wind has not shown his best form for quite some time , while recent Sedgefield second Galadine is nothing special . |
| 18 | ‘ I have a feeling you have begun something that will keep you busy for quite some time to come . ’ |
| 19 | It was brought to her before I really got to know her , but it was with her for quite some time . |
| 20 | The shock waves caused by the resignation of ALAN PHILLIPS as Cardiff coach could be rippling around the Arms Park for quite some time . |
| 21 | Luckily the main guy was able to call me and we discussed it for quite some time . ’ |
| 22 | Hawkins was silent for quite some time , then said : ‘ How are you going to pin on a couple of posthumous VCs or whatever when you 're circling the earth in a vaporized orbit ? ’ |
| 23 | The ‘ Santa Specials ’ are the first to be arranged for the British Rail main line in the area for quite some time , and a first for the North Warwickshire Line between Hall Green and the Shakespearean town of Stratford-upon-Avon . |
| 24 | For example , no further summit meetings were arranged for quite some time , and the notion of regular summits had to wait until 1974 . |
| 25 | For quite some time after publication of Principia Ethica , its type of ethical intuitionism seems to have been the dominating moral philosophy in Britain , though not in America . |
| 26 | As expected ( UX No 394 ) , IXI finally got its ‘ multi-million ’ OEM deal with DEC to the announcement stage last week , a process its been working towards for quite some time . |
| 27 | A library of side-on film has existed in Australia for quite some time , but this study is pioneering the development of the 3D image . |
| 28 | We 've been working on the project for quite some time . |
| 29 | CINOA , as international union of national associations of art dealers has been dealing with these issues for quite some time , albeit with modest success . |
| 30 | GTF have been successfully running popular day-trips to Colditz castle for quite some time . |