Example sentences of "and for some time " in BNC.

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1 I was partly convinced by Culler 's power of persuasion , and for some time thought that the kinds of analysis he described could be assimilated to practical criticism and the English synthesis .
2 During the years of World War N and for some time afterwards there had been a heavy demand for commercial and military explosives but by 1960 when Haslam was made personnel director of the Nobel Division of ICI the demand , particularly for military explosives , had dropped dramatically .
3 The kidnappings were a traumatic event and for some time the Gombe Stream Research Centre was closed to students .
4 It did n't require much capital to manufacture the equipment or produce the short films , and for some time it was possible for small craftsmen on the British model to keep up with the big boys in France or the US .
5 But a more puritan era of egalitarian austerity could make them a lot shyer — and for some time to come .
6 They waved once and I waved back , and for some time I could see their bright jackets in the dappled shade of the afternoon sun .
7 the machinery of exchange and distribution established by recent decrees was quickly pushed aside ; and for some time the most effective instruments in extracting grain from the peasant were the ‘ iron detachments ’ of workers from towns and factories reinforced by the local committees of poor peasants .
8 At the time , neither Ruskin Road nor the following Beynon Road had been made up or developed and for some time , the trams ran on what in effect was reserved track .
9 He entered , and for some time stood alone and unrecognised on the Turkey carpet , seeing among the well-to-do crowd not a soul he knew except Dr Heatherton , in the distance , talking with someone ; and Mrs Heatherton , followed by her bevy of obedient daughters , their skirts rustling prosperously wherever they went .
10 When questioned at the time , and for some time afterwards , as to what the novel was ‘ about ’ , I would reply vaguely that it referred to a period in my life in the 1960s , when I was married to a successful pop star and spent much of my time travelling up and down motorways , lulled with anti-depressants and sitting , an immobile non-person , in the back of a sealed , silent and chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce .
11 And thus I can say that both on the moment of this resolution and for some time afterwards I had more sublime and happy feelings than at any former period of my life . ’
12 After independence 200,000 Europeans fled the city and for some time it appeared to be uninhabited , a city decimated by plague .
13 Often they stay quite still when disturbed and for some time afterwards , making it even more difficult to spot them .
14 What is happening now , 1975 — and for some time past , is material evolvement , leaving spiritual evolvement to stagnate in the pond of Man 's Over-Conscious Analysis Of His Own Deeply Natural Sub-Conscious Development ( e.g. Christianity 's mistaken conscious self-analysed identity ) .
15 Traditionally , Mother and Baby Homes were religious-based , charity-run institutions that took in girls who had " fallen " , and cared for them during their pregnancy and for some time afterwards .
16 The letter , ‘ I ca n't forgo principles ’ , was reportedly published at the behest of Ligachev and for some time it was believed that Andreeva was the pseudonym of a conservative member of the leadership .
17 A car with headlights on came towards him , cautiously negotiated the hairpin bend , and for some time afterwards he could hear it grinding up the hill to Albert Terrace .
18 Wycliffe did not look up from the statements and for some time Sara gave no sign that she had heard ; then she said : ‘ I 've been very stupid .
19 There is then a wonderful opportunity for those who have survived , because the field is clear and for some time newcomers are chary of entering it .
20 The second is that it is in relation to this period that one finds a quite separate account of the origins of the Muftilik advanced , namely Katib Celebi 's view that the office originated not with Molla Fenari in Bursa or Fahreddin Acemi in Edirne but rather with Hizir Bey in Istanbul , the Muftilik being for his tenure , and for some time alter , a to the post of kadi of Istanbul , of which he was the first holder .
21 It had been long since he had asked her mother to share his bed , and for some time now his favourite had been a young Khabiri concubine , a month younger than she was herself .
22 And for some time after that they went to bed at the same time and Ellen gave up both Jed and the Director of Social Services ; and when both threatened , in grief , spite and unreason , to report her infidelity to Bernard , said , ‘ Tell away ! ’ and neither of them did , which rather disappointed her .
23 Only one team has beaten Rovers at home and for some time Swindon looked a good bet to become the second .
24 Area manager Beth Robinson says : ‘ Our business in Finaghy has steadily increased year by year and for some time we have been looking for premises , in a prominent location , which would give us the space we now need .
25 South Cambridgeshire District Council has recognized the important part that environmental health officers have to play within the work of the District Council , and for some time now the work of the Department has been carried on under the hat of the Legal , Housing and Health Director .
26 Well , there will be a certain amount of explanation that will have to be done , because Geoffrey Howe is a well known , well liked figure among many people that I deal with er but now , and for some time now , for a year now , it 's I who have been dealing with them and I hope I 've inherited some of the work and some of the trust which he helped to create .
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