Example sentences of "[noun] had [be] [verb] some time " in BNC.
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1 | The boat had been bought some time earlier but had been abandoned due to decay and damage . |
2 | An astonishing repair of sorts had been effected some time in the last century : a young fruit tree was nailed vertically to the back of the panel and held in place with iron bands . |
3 | Mr Stuart-Moore said the notebook containing the master plan had been written some time before and some details had been altered . |
4 | But Hygeberht had been demoted some time before . |
5 | Special considerations : the appellant had been diagnosed some time previously as HIV positive and more recently AIDS had developed . |