Example sentences of "[be] [adj] time [subord] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ It 'll be some time before she 's traced and identified anyway . |
| 3 | Sarah soon began to recover , although it was clear that it would be some time before she was completely well again . |
| 4 | A post mortem on the body found yesterday has already been carried out , but it may be some time before it 's formally identified . |
| 5 | Though it would be some time before he was released from hospital , he was already better and we were all able to relax with relief . |
| 6 | He thought it might be some time before he was looking for a love-nest again with her . |
| 7 | It was likely to be some time before he was so lucky . |
| 8 | And it 's some time since I was in Paris . ’ |
| 9 | It was some time before they were able to leave the hospital , and they went straight to Jack 's barn . |