Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] some time " in BNC.

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31 She had to meet Rainald first , she had to gain some time for Edmund , she had to —
32 Owen loved the bustle of the bazaars , of the whole native city , in fact ; but after you had spent some time in them , especially when it was as hot as this , you felt an overwhelming need for space and air , and after forcing their way through the blocked thoroughfares of the Tentmakers ' Bazaar they were glad to emerge into the more open streets .
33 But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time .
34 ‘ After all , ’ he went on , turning the full force of his piercing gaze on her , ‘ you have to talk some time . ’
35 " You have to spend some time on the practice tee , and you have to take a different approach every day .
36 okay she 's got some time on reception as relief but the majority of work is n is not that varied is it ?
37 ‘ A worldwide permanent ban under the LDC is the best way to convince the nuclear states that they must actively and seriously seek land-based solutions , and implement them now , ’ A spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Foods said : ‘ The LDC is doing a detailed study of the dumping of radioactive waste at sea and we hope to report some time next year .
38 ‘ Can we go shopping some time ? ’
39 We do get some time off ! ’
40 Erm , I have brought some price lists here , and I think we 've got some time , Sheila , what time am I finishing ?
41 He says , I feel awful we were making plans that being the week to go out so they had trouble with wagon so we had to spend some time on wagon .
42 He had , in fact , just left me on a bench in a nearby park where we had spent some time together before he decided to go for a stroll .
43 We have spent some time on the preliminaries , particularly the notation , because notation is essential for communication and because it is often neglected as a stage in attacking a problem .
44 Finally we need to spend some time considering the role of decentralised administration in the public sector .
45 Cos I think they 'd gone some time ago .
46 I hope I will , that we will have support in it on this issue and I do n't want to take up all the time but it is something that members do approach me in , and and others on the members ' services sub and I hope we have time Chairman to er give this report some consideration and let's say it 's a v , it 's a very important if you Chairman want any additionals to the recommendations , or if you say we 're going too far in the recommendations because those recommendations you have down in front of you will be forwarded on and you 're officers and your your your policies and resources they 've given some time on on this report and therefore on the bottom of page thirty one the motion to be moved says that the comments of the policy and resources committee and the recommendations of the joint working party and the internal management of the local authorities be noted for submission to the Association of County Councils as appropriate .
47 The two groups returned safely to Jalo , where they had to wait some time for news of Jock Lewes and Bill Fraser .
48 There they had to wait some time until the Constable could find the key and lock the door on them .
49 IN 1963 ABC TV published the findings of an experiment they had conducted some time earlier into the perception thresholds of children watching Television .
50 Peter : What he 's done today is buy himself a little time , his troubles are n't over , Mrs Thatcher still casts her shadow over this conference he still has problems inside and outside the cabinet but he has bought some time .
51 It has to end some time , Ace .
52 London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it .
53 So he decided he needed to invest some time in , in that .
54 In his travels , Arkle will be staffing the Scripture Union stand for the first three weeks of Spring Harvest at Minehead , where he hopes to spend some time with Frank Shayi , SU South Africa 's Fieldwork Director .
55 However , it did take some time for the mother church to readjust after this second labour and birth .
56 But it did take some time .
57 But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time .
58 It had to happen some time .
59 ‘ Look , it had to come some time , you know .
60 It had taken some time to reach a decision , but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place , and then had gone off .
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