Example sentences of "[be] [adv] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been dead some time . ’ |
| 2 | She was cold , she had been dead some time . |
| 3 | That he had been down some time , and that there were a Nest of them at Alfoxden House who were protected by a Mr Poole a Tanner of this Town . ’ |
| 4 | Silvia had said she 'd be back some time before dinner , and already the hands of the clock were nudging seven . |
| 5 | It 'll be here some time all right , it 's on Hanlon 's list and today 's their day to deliver if the old horse is able , tell her . " |
| 6 | It is not necessary to believe that Christ will be here tomorrow , although it may help to believe that he will be here some time . |
| 7 | So she leaves about ten she 'll be here some time after ten wo n't she ? |
| 8 | They say she 'll be there some time . ’ |
| 9 | " That might be quite some time , we think he 's English . |
| 10 | It will be quite some time before all your suggestions are processed in details but I know you will be interested in some of the preliminary findings . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been here some time now and it 's never happened before . ’ |
| 12 | Erm there 's been a reduction er , in the er , staff er because er er people have moved on and er , I take Sue 's point about er if it were n't for the fact that erm they 'd got fully e e experienced staff who 've been there some time , they have n't , not used to this churning over o of , and therefore , that has paid off in er in er in erm so far as being able to deal with the problems that have arisen and er , you 'll see further on er , addition profiles of the work that 's been done with er in this area over the town . |
| 13 | Emily must have been there some time . |
| 14 | We had been there some time . |
| 15 | Troops have been there some time and they 're familiar with locals on the ground . |
| 16 | In fact there is nothing fixed about such interpretations , because the way the fossils are understood may change over the years , but it is usually some time before new discoveries percolate into the popular presentations . |
| 17 | However , in June , rugby is still some time away and his formidable catering expertise was well in evidence in the hospital . |
| 18 | It would seem that the date of the invention of the mechanical clock is probably some time between 1280 and 1300 . |
| 19 | ‘ It is quite some time now since I last wrote to you , but both my wife Joan and I have been busy putting on shows for the Children 's Rescue Society , The Family Rainbow Trust , old people 's homes and Guide Dogs for the Blind , etc . |
| 20 | What he would have really profited from at the beginning , he believes , was a coach and it was only some time after he joined the Vets movement that he found the next best thing , encouragement and advice from a distinguished Vet member of Cambridge Harriers , David Coward . |
| 21 | The duels between these two groups were fought with knives which they carried in small scabbards on their belts , and it was only some time later that the rival school 's knockout tactics were discovered . |
| 22 | It was only some time later when he was safely on his way to Theatre that they realised the whole lot had been filmed . |
| 23 | She was away some time , and returned looking thoughtful . |
| 24 | It was quite some time since I had last played and , inhaling huge lungfuls of air as I did so , I looked forward keenly to demolishing my opponent with my supra-sonic service , my cunning topspins , bottomspins , sidespins , every-this-and-thatspins . |
| 25 | Again it was quite some time before the connections were made and this information was fed into the collective consciousness of local government . |