Example sentences of "had [vb pp] some time [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Because of this she felt generous and said she had realised some time ago that a really beautiful man was very much more beautiful than the most beautiful woman , and was n't that interesting .
2 He had realised some time before that he was becoming more and more attracted to her .
3 It had been awkward for me to ask our family doctor to prescribe it : he knew my husband and I had parted some time ago .
4 ‘ I had noticed some time ago that the shoemaker had a beautiful daughter and the more I saw of her , the more I liked her . ’
5 The smart money had moved some time earlier , becoming cash or commodities , anything that could survive the flash-fire of a market crash .
6 His first wife , Molly 's mother , had died some time before , and the girl kept the cottage clean and sweet until marriage to Ben Curdle removed her .
7 He had known some time before .
8 He had , in fact , just left me on a bench in a nearby park where we had spent some time together before he decided to go for a stroll .
9 This time last week it had been , last Saturday , when she and Miguel had spent some time together and she was as happy as she had ever been in her life — until that moment when she discovered just how much of a fool he had made of her …
10 During the course of this session , I repeatedly reminded her of the fact that she was seeing something which had happened some time ago and that time had proved her recovery to be complete — something which had been born out by the numerous examinations and X-rays she had since undergone .
11 He added that the exports had ceased some time previously .
12 He had taken some time off yesterday morning to take Azor , and incidentally her , for a long walk .
13 I had discovered some time ago that he had loved Claudia Cohn-Casson .
14 IN 1963 ABC TV published the findings of an experiment they had conducted some time earlier into the perception thresholds of children watching Television .
15 It was an invitation from Rupert Stonebird to the dinner party he had mentioned some time ago .
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