Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You said you 'd be gone some time ! ’ she charged in self-defence , totally unaware , unlike Travis , that the firelight made a glorious halo of her hair . |
| 2 | Or you might be better sitting down and ordering yourself a drink : the waiter may be gone some time . |
| 3 | HE MAY BE GONE SOME TIME |
| 4 | I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future . |
| 5 | Furthermore , it became clear that a number of the parties would be arriving some time before the three days set aside for the conference , thus giving themselves time to prepare their ground and gauge the mood of fellow guests , though their exact arrival dates were , again , uncertain . |
| 6 | This is not simply a matter of becoming uncomfortably aware that the rapid increase of world population and accelerated industrialization pose a serious threat to the environment both by the massive consumption of finite material resources and by the emission of man-made heat and chemicals into the atmosphere ; a situation dramatically portrayed in a report by the Club of Rome ( Meadows et al. , 1972 ) , subsequently much criticized but now taken more seriously again , which concluded that : ‘ If the present growth trends in world population , industrialization , pollution , food production , and resource depletion continue unchanged , the limits to growth on this planet will be reached some time within the next one hundred years . ’ |
| 7 | I am delighted that we will continue that process under my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State in the new Parliament which will be formed some time late next spring or in the summer . |
| 8 | The company says it will be running some time this year , after more than three years ' work . |