Example sentences of "[pron] had been [adv] [prep] some " in BNC.
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1 | " Any more than I can explain why cholera should have always attacked those of our soldiers who had recently arrived in the Crimea in preference to those who had been there for some time … |
2 | On the previous days they had been out to some meals , but she had also cooked for them . |
3 | Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time . |
4 | He had been away for some hours . |
5 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
6 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
7 | Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now . |