Example sentences of "some time [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been some time since they had had the chance for such indulgences . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Even if it may be some time before they are commercially acceptable , pioneer work is essential if our planet is to feed the teeming millions of people who will live on it by the twenty-first century . |
| 4 | The way the Minogue sisters are likely to carry on working , it could be some time before they get the chance of another shopping trip . |
| 5 | It was some time before they had Liam fit to drive the cart home . |
| 6 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 7 | Science was being taught in public schools and in grammar schools , and there were courses in universities , which in Britain began at about this time to catch on — this was the era when the great municipal universities started to flourish , though it was to be some time before they received government grants . |
| 8 | ‘ They had known each other for some time before they married , though , had n't they ? ’ ventured Greg . |
| 9 | It is unlikely that , given the current level of resources , both financial and human , the Council would be in a position to initiate central development of these courses in the near future , and it would therefore be some time before they would be incorporated into the new style provision . |
| 10 | Equally , it is possible for goods to be delivered to the buyer some time before they become his property . |
| 11 | Car and bodies had been so badly charred that it was some time before they could be identified . |
| 12 | By its very nature , when delivered , bespoke software often contains errors and it may be some time before they can all be traced and corrected . |
| 13 | They had heard it some time before they reached it , the rumble of thunder growing louder as they approached , to become almost deafening at the point where a cloud of spray hovered overhead , the droplets becoming tiny rainbows as they caught the sun . |
| 14 | Paige found her appetite quickly satisfied , and knew that it would be some time before they would be eating normally again . |
| 15 | It was some time before they were able to leave the hospital , and they went straight to Jack 's barn . |
| 16 | So it will be some time before they 've sorted out all the flowers and shrubs destined for a new home . |
| 17 | With their team on the verge of relegation and Boro pushing for promotion , the Argyle fans savoured their beer , contemplating the prospect that it may be some time before they drink in the Tap ‘ n ’ Barrel again . |
| 18 | Most of these had been producing un-hinted PostScript fonts for some time but they now all had the tools to create the all-important encrypted Type 1 fonts and had licenses to produce PostScript typesetters . |
| 19 | Those are the Saw Doctors interesting this about the Saw Doctors is one of them won the lottery in Ireland I do n't they have a lottery we 're go when are we going to get a national lottery that 's what I want to know when are we going to get it a national next year we 're going to get a national lottery that 's right and one of the Saw Doctors won the national lottery and he won three quarters of a million pounds er and they have n't made much money the Saw Doctors but he won three quarters of a million pounds so that have n't worked for quite some time but they are back on the scene as I speak and er they really if if they er come to York they 're certainly worth seeing . |
| 20 | We have been trying to breed Red Pandas for some time but they are very difficult . |
| 21 | The subordinate females do have one or two ways of retaliating — they tend to go on laying longer and produce more eggs than the dominant female , and they also produce the occasional late egg some time after they have laid the rest of their clutch . |
| 22 | ‘ I shall have to ask you not to come to the wardroom for some time after they come . |
| 23 | but I , I 'd like to go and ask there some time whether they did Oh that 's the one for sale which I saw advertised in the paper today |
| 24 | They were silent for some time as they picked their way in single file along the path that wound up the hillside . |
| 25 | Silence reigned for some time as they attacked the meal . |
| 26 | I have to put him into kennels tomorrow as I have to go away for some time and they insist that he be fully vaccinated . ’ |
| 27 | Troops have been there some time and they 're familiar with locals on the ground . |
| 28 | they have worked together for some time and they 're likely to go on working together , ’ said Mr Capper . |