Example sentences of "[be] [det] time [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman is so distinguished that it may be some time since he has sat on a Standing Committee . |
| 2 | When he left Williams for Ferrari , I remember Frank Williams reminiscing at his annual press luncheon that he had fond memories of Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg , but that it would be some time before he had similar memories of Nigel . |
| 3 | But it was to be some time before he began putting his interest to any practical application . |
| 4 | I do n't know how bad he really is ; I only know it will be some time before he 'll be able to come out and take you away and , what is more , work for you . |
| 5 | Though it would be some time before he was released from hospital , he was already better and we were all able to relax with relief . |
| 6 | He thought it might be some time before he was looking for a love-nest again with her . |
| 7 | Following his interview , I wrote an urgent letter about his circumstances to the local housing department , although I recognised that it could be some time before he received any offers of accommodation . |
| 8 | Now he says it will be some time before he gets over the incident which wrecked a close friendship . |
| 9 | So it will be some time before he can turn his full attention to his hobby-horse Britain 's motorway service station crisis . |
| 10 | It was likely to be some time before he was so lucky . |
| 11 | He did not immediately contemplate any drastic change in his filmmaking aesthetic , since his first Hollywood picture , Rebecca ( 1940 ) , was based on a British book and used British actors , and it was some time before he made a completely American picture . |
| 12 | It was some time before he realized that he had been fooled . |
| 13 | It was some time before he realized that the entire Sakata factory was lit from end to end by bright , dazzling light . |
| 14 | Which only set Nigel off more , and it was some time before he could attempt an explanation . |
| 15 | He heard the tin bracelets jangling on her wrists and from time to time she bent her head close over her fists as though blowing on reluctant embers ; but it was some time before he realized that he , too , was naked , and that the hands of the Moi girl were stroking and chafing his own body . |
| 16 | It was some time before he spoke . |
| 17 | Her face seemed familiar , but it was some time before he realized that she was the curly-haired bit who had given him the slip some months back . |
| 18 | In view of the extent of domestic disquiet in the last year of the Crimean War Alexander had every reason to adopt a policy of radical reform , but it was some time before he did so . |