Example sentences of "them 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 . |