Example sentences of "it be some time " in BNC.

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1 It 's some time , of course , but yes , I 'm almost certain . ’
2 And it 's some time since I was in Paris . ’
3 I know it 's some time ago , but I do remember , vaguely .
4 Or may or maybe it 's tomorrow or Friday , it 's some time this week but she 's not sixteen yet .
5 He produces the stories at a craftsmanlike rate , no more than one a year , so it is some time since the appearance of the first volume , Pig Earth .
6 If it is some time since you last exercised on a regular basis , spend a few weeks following a gentle stretching and warming-up routine .
7 It is some time since I have had any work done by British Telecom , so I do not remember whether hills are presented in detail .
8 It is some time since we looked in any detail at the program and functions of the Singer 9000 machine , so I thought we would concentrate a little on some of the functions of programming , rather than on knitting .
9 It is some time since I heard news of him .
10 It is some time since I heard that last piece played so well . ’
11 As I say , you owe me something , and if you 're determined to go on pretending you do n't know that , I 'll be delighted to tell you what it is some time soon , but not right now .
12 I am aware it is some time since we spoke regarding Beeslack but I have been awaiting a response from , Senior Education Maintenance Officer concerning the tree planting proposed for the rough area in the corner of the playing field .
13 I am glad that my hon. Friend has given way again , because it is some time since I smelt a rat in the Chamber , but there is one knocking about tonight .
14 Legislation has reduced the barons to serfdom , and it is some time since they seriously hampered leadership policy ( more often , lately , they have helped defeat constituency insurrection ) .
15 It was some time before Wexford could decide whether it was a man or a woman and when he realised it was a woman he called out a brisk , cheerful good night so that she should not be afraid .
16 Literally translated , Vogelsang means ‘ bird song ’ , but it was some time before the dawn chorus when the Squadron Sergeant Major bawled out the orders for reveille .
17 It was some time after making his first confession that he bumped into a pupil in Addison 's Walk .
18 He did not immediately contemplate any drastic change in his filmmaking aesthetic , since his first Hollywood picture , Rebecca ( 1940 ) , was based on a British book and used British actors , and it was some time before he made a completely American picture .
19 It was some time before the fashion magazines and newspapers started to write about this street culture , but when THE FACE wrote a big feature on the subject in its July 1983 issue the floodgates opened .
20 It was some time before the door opened and closed in a muffle of lowered voices .
21 It was some time before he realized that he had been fooled .
22 The city was in mourning for Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon ( first wife of the Dauphin Louis ) and it was some time before the prospect of playing at court arose .
23 It was some time before the police learnt to react to these invasions by stealing the skins ' bootlaces and in some cases their braces .
24 It was some time before they had Liam fit to drive the cart home .
25 ‘ Stereo ’ is another ; it was some time before the word had settled down to its present meaning , and American Columbia are not to be castigated for marking their 1953 seven-inch LPs with the word ( 40 ) .
26 It was some time before the pleasurable realization occurred that real communication could take place , that noises , grimaces , and gestures could bridge the gap where there were no shared words and thus give mutual delight . )
27 It was some time after the construction of the capital 's tramway system , and it may well be that the true origins of the tale lay in a superstitious dread of this foreign technology .
28 It was some time before he realized that the entire Sakata factory was lit from end to end by bright , dazzling light .
29 The station was filled with hissing steam engines ( well , it was some time back ) and one decided to belch , steam and whistle just as we passed , thus managing to blow the youngest daughter 's mind , who demanded to be carried on the spot — and at frequent intervals during the rest of the adventure .
30 It was some time after the crowds stormed the Presidential Palace compound in northern Bucharest in the late morning of 22 December 1989 that they found a confused old lady in a bungalow in the grounds .
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