Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] some time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early days both methods co-existed for some time in Great Britain , but the adherents of each method campaigned against one another here and elsewhere in Europe until towards the close of the nineteenth century , when oralism for the time being triumphed in all European countries . |
| 2 | All of you who read these words have at some time in your youth dreamt the biggest dreams . |
| 3 | None of this alters the fact that it is possible to use these adjectives with a tense value distinctively different from that of the preceding verb ; see ( 51 ) and the contrast in ( 52 ) : ( 51 ) we all know Cerrutty to have been fortunate ( 52 ) ( a ) in the test my men showed themselves alert ( b ) in the test my men showed themselves to have been alert In ( 52 ) , ( a ) would naturally be suitable when the men respond promptly during the test , and ( b ) when , for instance , they had been alert in paying attention to instructions given at some time before the test . |
| 4 | Percentage of pupils absent at some time during the week in November was 30% . |
| 5 | ‘ 87 per cent of women work at some time in your lives . ’ |