Example sentences of "[pron] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first acquired a cube , Conway and Roger Penrose , from Oxford University , had already solved theirs and remarked that it took them some time to realise the power of conjugation . |
| 2 | This group has long been noted for its breadth of vision but nevertheless it took them some time to realise the unique advantages of the photosynthetic ‘ mechanisms ’ in plants and thereby to derive what may be an original approach to the problem . |
| 3 | But with any luck it will take them some time to realise that we know how to play it better than they do . ’ |
| 4 | It is therefore not unusual for junior nurses to feel that it takes them some time to " settle in " on a surgical ward . |
| 5 | It might take them some time to find out about Laura , because the interesting part of the story took place some years earlier . |
| 6 | We used a wages robbery for a couple of them some time later . |
| 7 | ‘ In real life it would take them some time to get this boat ready to go to sea . |
| 8 | They 'd have to walk the road in both directions , and it would take them some time . |
| 9 | For earlier , the grandma , who had left them some time ago , had pulled out a drawer from a deal tallboy , and put a noxious blanket in it , ready for the baby 's birth . |
| 10 | It had left them some time to take stock of their lives . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll have to tell them some time . ’ |
| 12 | " Your aunt became interested in selling them some time before she died . |
| 13 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 14 | Frank Tompa of the University of Waterloo E-Mailed me some time ago with your request for a copy of the tape for the OALDCE 3/e Electronic computer-readable dictionary . |
| 15 | Cd you confirm your diary for next week with me some time ? |
| 16 | That gave me some time to take my new bearings , and I enjoyed sitting late in the evening in the warmth of the Headmaster 's study thumbing through papers and timetables . |
| 17 | Expect me some time this afternoon . |
| 18 | It took me some time to work this out , for I still had such sympathy for Charlie that I could n't look at him coolly . |
| 19 | This is all in the working week for Tim Renwick , who spared me some time just before he started work on ‘ Tom Jones — The Right Time ’ … |
| 20 | He wrote to me some time later about a meeting with Ivy at Madge Ashton 's when there was some talk about Angus Wilson . |
| 21 | Please pray that as the need for ‘ counselling ’ is recognised ( and the need is very great ) that maybe they can give me some time from working duties to provide a ‘ service ’ in this area . |
| 22 | ‘ Nobody 's ever happy when they 're on the bench , but it 's given me some time to get my mind right again . |
| 23 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 24 | It took me some time to put the fantastic story of the Gauguin inheritance behind me — not out of my mind , but to the back of it , not only because I wondered if they might deteriorate , but also at the bizarre irony of a family sitting on a fortune which they refused to touch . |
| 25 | ‘ Any chance of your taking a video for me some time ? ’ |
| 26 | It was to take me some time longer to undergo the metamorphosis from a ‘ teacher ’ to a ‘ lecturer ’ . |
| 27 | It took me some time — weeks — to discover that he was poor and wore clothes handed on by a negligently competent brother-in-law in the soft drinks business . |
| 28 | ‘ Give me some time , ’ she said . |
| 29 | ‘ Can you spare me some time ? ’ said Nicholson . |
| 30 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |