Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] some time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flat area to the south was drained at some time in the eighteenth century and a canal was built across it . |
| 2 | The October 1990 rate cut was anticipated for some time in advance by the gilt market which bought gilts and drove up gilt prices ( see Fig. 17.3 ) , as was the continued fall in base rates over the next two years . |
| 3 | After closure of Woodhead as a through route , the Sheffield to Penistone section was retained for some time in order to allow upgrading of the route via Barnsley . |
| 4 | Although other burials clustered around the enclosure , the internal area was respected , until the whole monument was dismantled at some time in the fourth century . |
| 5 | There is only one ‘ edition ’ of The Fairy Queen , which was issued first in 1692 — in May , when the show opened ( this is clear from Tonson 's advertisement in The London Gazette ) ; it was re-issued at some time in 1693 , with the modifications already described — a new title-page , a new Act 1 , and two new songs on single-leaf inserts later in the book . |