Example sentences of "[was/were] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was some time before Wexford could decide whether it was a man or a woman and when he realised it was a woman he called out a brisk , cheerful good night so that she should not be afraid . |
| 2 | Literally translated , Vogelsang means ‘ bird song ’ , but it was some time before the dawn chorus when the Squadron Sergeant Major bawled out the orders for reveille . |
| 3 | It was some time after making his first confession that he bumped into a pupil in Addison 's Walk . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Assuming that the start of the current recession ( which on January 2nd was officially acknowledged , at last ) was some time in October , investors can look forward to the Dow tumbling to 1,800 by the late autumn of 1991 . |
| 6 | It was some time before the fashion magazines and newspapers started to write about this street culture , but when THE FACE wrote a big feature on the subject in its July 1983 issue the floodgates opened . |
| 7 | It was some time before the door opened and closed in a muffle of lowered voices . |
| 8 | It was some time before he realized that he had been fooled . |
| 9 | The city was in mourning for Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon ( first wife of the Dauphin Louis ) and it was some time before the prospect of playing at court arose . |
| 10 | As the next moonless period was in early March , there was some time for reorganization , and with the Eighth Army dug in defensively along the Gazala line there was no major offensive in the offing . |
| 11 | It was some time before the police learnt to react to these invasions by stealing the skins ' bootlaces and in some cases their braces . |
| 12 | It was some time before they had Liam fit to drive the cart home . |
| 13 | The Professor , he tells us , was some time in making his appearance , but suddenly the noise and bustle of conversation were stopped by his entrance . |
| 14 | ‘ Stereo ’ is another ; it was some time before the word had settled down to its present meaning , and American Columbia are not to be castigated for marking their 1953 seven-inch LPs with the word ( 40 ) . |
| 15 | It was some time before the pleasurable realization occurred that real communication could take place , that noises , grimaces , and gestures could bridge the gap where there were no shared words and thus give mutual delight . ) |
| 16 | It was some time after the construction of the capital 's tramway system , and it may well be that the true origins of the tale lay in a superstitious dread of this foreign technology . |
| 17 | It was some time before he realized that the entire Sakata factory was lit from end to end by bright , dazzling light . |
| 18 | The station was filled with hissing steam engines ( well , it was some time back ) and one decided to belch , steam and whistle just as we passed , thus managing to blow the youngest daughter 's mind , who demanded to be carried on the spot — and at frequent intervals during the rest of the adventure . |
| 19 | Although unquestionably still a successful band , it could be argued that Kiss 's heyday was some time ago . |
| 20 | It was some time after the crowds stormed the Presidential Palace compound in northern Bucharest in the late morning of 22 December 1989 that they found a confused old lady in a bungalow in the grounds . |
| 21 | It was some time since Lilian 's birth . |
| 22 | That was some time during the early part of the morning . |
| 23 | It was some time later , and the scene had shifted to the cottage sitting-room which , with myself and the two men , and two large detectives , was rather crowded . |
| 24 | If regional officers were to take more than a passing interest in this pattern of change the writing would have appeared to be on the wall , but as the comments of the regional medical and nursing officers cited above revealed , it was some time before their interest was kindled . |
| 25 | Although I installed Legato , it was some time ago , so I may not remember the name of the directory where it was installed ; but Windows can provide this information . |
| 26 | It was some time after we got married that our relationship became really destructive . |
| 27 | Which only set Nigel off more , and it was some time before he could attempt an explanation . |
| 28 | It was some time since Alice had been in London . |
| 29 | Such was the emotion caused by the attack that it was some time before any of the defenders recalled that the Collector had not been feeling well and wondered what had become of him . |
| 30 | He had been a reporter then and it was some time after their first meeting that he had begun his campaign to highlight the plight of the poor . |