Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] some time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain had obviously driven in some time during the night and the dried splashes were clearly visible on the tiled floor . |
| 2 | To pass the time , the conversation had ranged over a variety of topics , from sport to current affairs , then had finally settled after some time on shop-talk — inevitable when any group of cops got together anywhere in the world . |
| 3 | You may be expected as well to have already worked for some time in a related financial area , such as stock broking . |
| 4 | A child was fatally injured at some time between noon and 8.30 pm . |
| 5 | Increases in the volume of shipping are usually accommodated for some time by existing docks and harbours before the pressure on them leads to a heavy capital investment in fresh and usually lengthy building . |
| 6 | Here again the core of the work probably dates from some time before ( late 1745 ) and was expanded for the 1747 event . |
| 7 | They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called . |
| 8 | With a bridging loan you could choose your new , more expensive home and buy while prices remain comparatively low , then delay for some time before selling your first house . |