Example sentences of "i some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 2 | Frank Tompa of the University of Waterloo E-Mailed me some time ago with your request for a copy of the tape for the OALDCE 3/e Electronic computer-readable dictionary . |
| 3 | Cd you confirm your diary for next week with me some time ? |
| 4 | That gave me some time to take my new bearings , and I enjoyed sitting late in the evening in the warmth of the Headmaster 's study thumbing through papers and timetables . |
| 5 | Expect me some time this afternoon . |
| 6 | It took me some time to work this out , for I still had such sympathy for Charlie that I could n't look at him coolly . |
| 7 | This is all in the working week for Tim Renwick , who spared me some time just before he started work on ‘ Tom Jones — The Right Time ’ … |
| 8 | He wrote to me some time later about a meeting with Ivy at Madge Ashton 's when there was some talk about Angus Wilson . |
| 9 | Please pray that as the need for ‘ counselling ’ is recognised ( and the need is very great ) that maybe they can give me some time from working duties to provide a ‘ service ’ in this area . |
| 10 | ‘ Nobody 's ever happy when they 're on the bench , but it 's given me some time to get my mind right again . |
| 11 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 12 | It took me some time to put the fantastic story of the Gauguin inheritance behind me — not out of my mind , but to the back of it , not only because I wondered if they might deteriorate , but also at the bizarre irony of a family sitting on a fortune which they refused to touch . |
| 13 | ‘ Any chance of your taking a video for me some time ? ’ |
| 14 | It was to take me some time longer to undergo the metamorphosis from a ‘ teacher ’ to a ‘ lecturer ’ . |
| 15 | It took me some time — weeks — to discover that he was poor and wore clothes handed on by a negligently competent brother-in-law in the soft drinks business . |
| 16 | ‘ Give me some time , ’ she said . |
| 17 | ‘ Can you spare me some time ? ’ said Nicholson . |
| 18 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 19 | You 've got to allow me some time . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Of course , it would take me some time to put my hands on that amount of money . |
| 21 | Give my love to Julius , and ring me some time next week to let me know how things are going . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I mean that it might have taken me some time to see through your ‘ innocent abroad ’ act . |
| 23 | Eliot 's own letter contained , besides some telling points , an amusing conclusion in which he invited Miss West , in order to ‘ talk these matters over quietly ’ to ‘ come up and see me some time ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Come and see me some time . |
| 25 | I mean in terms of population I think I somebody did er Strathclyde regional council used to be a client of mine when I was with Three M er well you know a client of my rep up here but er and they told me some time that I think a huge percentage of the whole of Scotland 's population |
| 26 | ‘ I can see that it 's going to take me some time to get an answer from the hospital , and I have yet to sort out this business of the air-conditioning . |
| 27 | You 'll find enclosed the original photograph you brought me some time ago — the one I took the enlargement from . |
| 28 | as soon as possible , if you give them to me some time next week say Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , and we can say right , I want it Friday or Monday , okay , I 've just got to phone them and they will , they will put it on risk for you |
| 29 | It 's going to take me some time to type that list . |
| 30 | She says she 's going to come round and see me some time . |