Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother could not be traced , but the tiny corpse was recognised by a lady who had looked after him for some time , before she , as many others , had done before her , had innocently replied to Mrs Dyer 's advertisement , disguised by the nom de plume Mrs Thomas . |
| 2 | Granny had been living with us for some time . |
| 3 | Before I start , if you have written to me at some time and recognise your own problems in what follows — please do n't take offence ! |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd thought about it for some time , and decided to give it a go . ’ |
| 5 | It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies . |
| 6 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
| 7 | If very dirty they lay it in the stream , securing it with a large stone , and let the water flow through it for some time , after which they proceed as before … the linen is spread upon the rocks in the river , or the walls near at hand , and secured , like everything else by a stone at each corner … |
| 8 | Check your records to make sure that your employee was employed by you at some time during that week . |
| 9 | She had n't heard from her for some time . |
| 10 | ‘ The chief ‘ s been asking for you for some time , Mr Wycliffe . ’ |
| 11 | Her heart gave a little lurch as she thought about running into him at some time , which she was bound to do . |
| 12 | And erm he 's hired from me for some time now |
| 13 | You may not feel this will apply to you for some time . |
| 14 | The justification of the invaders , based partly on the doubtful assumption that proximity gave sovereign rights , but more specifically on the claim that the islands had belonged to them at some time in the past , bears comparison with the Zionist claim to Palestine . |
| 15 | She had not seen her nearest ‘ big house ’ neighbour , though she had been hearing about him for some time . |
| 16 | We 'll see how much fight is left in you after some time in the dungeon . |
| 17 | I did n't get over it for some time ; it had touched my heart . |
| 18 | The fact that Marc had registered her exact words seemed to say that they meant something — that he had n't simply dismissed what she had yelled out from the shower , but that he had remembered and , as it seemed now , had brooded over them for some time . |
| 19 | She lay thinking about it for some time , then decided she had nothing to lose . |
| 20 | ‘ This , ’ complained Wedderburn , ‘ gives him vast uneasiness , for if he is ordered abroad before he gets his Post he dispairs of it for some time . ’ |
| 21 | er and they might be coming up to stop with us at some time over Easter |
| 22 | British Red Cross director-general Mike Whitlam said : ‘ We hope she will be able to travel with us at some time . ’ |
| 23 | I was too upset to eat or drink , but she sat with me for some time , talking gently to me , wiping away my tears , and helping me to recover . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been wanting to speak to you for some time , Jekyll , ’ said the lawyer , ‘ about your will . ’ |