Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | To pursue the question put by the hon. and learned Member for Fife , North-East ( Mr. Campbell ) , the Secretary of State will be aware that the long lead orders for the four Trident submarines were placed some time ago and that construction is quite well advanced . |
| 2 | Some of the others were wounded some time ago . |
| 3 | It is now diminishing as metric sizes were adopted some time ago . |
| 4 | By 1987 more than half of Scottish consultant psychiatrists were spending some time each week in primary care settings compared with fewer than a fifth in England and Wales . |
| 5 | RUC were taking some time to settle down but once Davy Barbour had landed his first penalty from about 50 metres the lights went out and the Holywood stars faded . |
| 6 | No they 've been banned from taking them in in case they clobbered anyone with them you see oh they were banned some time ago , as were flags they used to carry flags at one time and rattles , but er they do n't let you take anything in . |
| 7 | Her sole purpose in being here was to kill some time . |
| 8 | The congregation here was formed some time after 1690 though the present church building only dates from 1879 . |
| 9 | The cave was formed some time during the early part of the Pleistocene , over one million years ago , and it became filled with sediment during the middle Pleistocene approximately 350 to 400 thousand years ago . |
| 10 | ‘ It was arranged some time ago . ’ |
| 11 | In this case , the meeting was arranged some time ago . |
| 12 | Although the London conference was arranged some time ago it became an opportunity for the princess to deliver her pledge in a speech re-written in the past day or two . |
| 13 | ‘ The murder was committed some time between twelve and three . |
| 14 | The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn . |
| 15 | An official bulletin was expected some time after the consultation . |
| 16 | Unfortunately we were not able to meet all the requirements for County support and it was decided some time ago that we would go ahead with an experimental opening without it . |
| 17 | The house was built some time in the second half of the 12C or beginning of the 13C . |
| 18 | This was commissioned by the thrustful chatelain of Pau , Gaston Phoebus , from his distinguished military architect , Sicord de Lord at ; and was built some time in the 1370s . |
| 19 | BOSS ME-6 & ME-10 BOSS 's success in the effects pedal market was expanded some time ago with the introduction of the ME-5 and BE-5 multipedals . |
| 20 | She was awakened some time later by the sound of Fen 's voice and his hand briefly shaking her by the shoulder . |
| 21 | A group of antigens capable of stimulating a strong mixed lymphocyte reaction between mice of the same MHC haplotype was recognised some time ago , and these were termed minor lymphocyte stimulating ( Mls ) determinants . |
| 22 | He was woken some time later by being kicked in the backside quite painfully . |
| 23 | In one good example in June 1988 , a company was burgled some time after an employee was sacked . |
| 24 | Billy thinks the snake was stolen some time between 11.30am and 3pm yesterday and anyone with any information should contact their nearest RUC station . |
| 25 | ‘ I was reminded of this a year ago when I was spending some time with one of my sisters . |
| 26 | But I do know that the real Louise Müller was removed some time ago so that you could take her place . ’ |
| 27 | The twin wheeled trailer , which has the serial number 92MAR14 , was taken some time between 11.15 a.m. and 1 p.m . |
| 28 | The metallic blue car , and £130 worth of tools , was taken some time between 8 a.m. and 3.30 p.m . |
| 29 | It was to take some time before a distinct and overall Sussex people could be forged by the strength of the rulers . |
| 30 | This became the object of pilgrimage until the shrine was destroyed some time in the 16th century . |