Example sentences of "[pron] be some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 639 to ‘ this day ’ , that is , Adomnán 's time of writing , c . 700 , which is some time after the power of the northern Angles beyond the Forth had been shattered at Nechtanesmere in 685 , and the reference is rather to the failure of the kings of Scottish Dál Riata to regain control of Irish Dál Riata in Antrim . |
| 2 | The client will not necessarily understand , particularly a first-time buyer , that the deposit has to be paid on exchange of contracts , which is some time before the mortgage advance becomes available . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Peter Hurst had just come into the room , dressed in his track suit though there was some time yet till kick-off . |
| 5 | It 's some time , of course , but yes , I 'm almost certain . ’ |
| 6 | And it 's some time since I was in Paris . ’ |
| 7 | I know it 's some time ago , but I do remember , vaguely . |
| 8 | Or may or maybe it 's tomorrow or Friday , it 's some time this week but she 's not sixteen yet . |
| 9 | He produces the stories at a craftsmanlike rate , no more than one a year , so it is some time since the appearance of the first volume , Pig Earth . |
| 10 | If it is some time since you last exercised on a regular basis , spend a few weeks following a gentle stretching and warming-up routine . |
| 11 | It is some time since I have had any work done by British Telecom , so I do not remember whether hills are presented in detail . |
| 12 | It is some time since we looked in any detail at the program and functions of the Singer 9000 machine , so I thought we would concentrate a little on some of the functions of programming , rather than on knitting . |
| 13 | It is some time since I heard news of him . |
| 14 | ‘ It is some time since I heard that last piece played so well . ’ |
| 15 | As I say , you owe me something , and if you 're determined to go on pretending you do n't know that , I 'll be delighted to tell you what it is some time soon , but not right now . |
| 16 | I am aware it is some time since we spoke regarding Beeslack but I have been awaiting a response from , Senior Education Maintenance Officer concerning the tree planting proposed for the rough area in the corner of the playing field . |
| 17 | I am glad that my hon. Friend has given way again , because it is some time since I smelt a rat in the Chamber , but there is one knocking about tonight . |
| 18 | Legislation has reduced the barons to serfdom , and it is some time since they seriously hampered leadership policy ( more often , lately , they have helped defeat constituency insurrection ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It was some time after making his first confession that he bumped into a pupil in Addison 's Walk . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It was some time before the door opened and closed in a muffle of lowered voices . |
| 25 | It was some time before he realized that he had been fooled . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It was some time before the police learnt to react to these invasions by stealing the skins ' bootlaces and in some cases their braces . |
| 28 | It was some time before they had Liam fit to drive the cart home . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 30 | 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 . ) |