Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] some time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Saturday he had been given some time off to visit his critically ill sister , 17-year-old Lillian , as she lay in hospital . |
| 2 | Special considerations : the appellant had been diagnosed some time previously as HIV positive and more recently AIDS had developed . |
| 3 | This photograph , of a doctor , was one that had been taken some time previously to illustrate an article on long hours worked by junior doctors . |
| 4 | But Hygeberht had been demoted some time before . |
| 5 | She had been widowed some time when we met . ’ |
| 6 | The boat had been bought some time earlier but had been abandoned due to decay and damage . |