Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ice expected to last some time , but look for a few skimmers and perch at Newport on pole and maggot . |
| 2 | It grieves me to say that the committee seemed to spend some time trying to denigrate the authority 's findings and to vindicate the tobacco industry . |
| 3 | Fortunately the rain had ceased some time during the night . |
| 4 | According to purchasing manager Roger DaForno , this excellent relationship has taken some time to build and there 's no doubt that both organizations ' commitment to a process of continuous improvement has helped immensely . |
| 5 | In the rest of the country we can not be sure of the date , although the evidence begins to suggest some time in the late Saxon period , the centuries before the Norman Conquest . |
| 6 | Mark Warner Travel is currently running the spreadsheet and ledger systems in parallel , but Mr Nabakov expects Platinum to go live some time this month . |
| 7 | Her feeling of insecurity had started some time before her father 's death with a suspicion , soon amounting to certainty , that something was going on behind her back . |
| 8 | The smart money had moved some time earlier , becoming cash or commodities , anything that could survive the flash-fire of a market crash . |