Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] time [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He produces the stories at a craftsmanlike rate , no more than one a year , so it is some time since the appearance of the first volume , Pig Earth . |
| 2 | It was some time before the door opened and closed in a muffle of lowered voices . |
| 3 | It was some time before the police learnt to react to these invasions by stealing the skins ' bootlaces and in some cases their braces . |
| 4 | ‘ Stereo ’ is another ; it was some time before the word had settled down to its present meaning , and American Columbia are not to be castigated for marking their 1953 seven-inch LPs with the word ( 40 ) . |
| 5 | It was some time before the pleasurable realization occurred that real communication could take place , that noises , grimaces , and gestures could bridge the gap where there were no shared words and thus give mutual delight . ) |
| 6 | In England for three hundred years after the Reformation there was no official public worship , and even after the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 it was some time before the use of music was actively encouraged by the Church . |
| 7 | He looked small in the crush and it was some time before the order got through . |
| 8 | It was some time before the detective found your address ; you 've been very clever in not meeting here , but it was careless of you to go to the same hotel every time , even if you did sign in as Mr and Mrs Smith . |
| 9 | It was some time before the cause of the error was identified . |
| 10 | It was some time before the organizers were able to sort things out . |
| 11 | It was some time before the engine could be switched off , as he could not communicate with the operator on the other side of the wall . |
| 12 | It was some time after the crowds stormed the Presidential Palace compound in northern Bucharest in the late morning of 22 December 1989 that they found a confused old lady in a bungalow in the grounds . |