Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell him that , if we had been involved in the process during the years in which this Government were involved , proper priority would have been given to the very stipulations that we laid down some time ago about convergence , the accountability of institutions and the need for a change in regional and structural funding — as well as several other considerations , some of which are now contained in article 2 of the treaty . |
| 2 | Yeah well she she sleeps she goes down some time between eight thirty and eleven . |
| 3 | It was only eight o'clock ; obviously I 'd conked out some time before everybody else , and they were still asleep ( I had heard appropriate log-sawing-like noises coming from Hamish and Tone 's room on my way back from the bathroom ) . |
| 4 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 5 | Finally , hypnosis is usually carried out some time after the police have done their normal questioning , but memory of an event can often improve spontaneously after an interval of time has passed ; this phenomenon is known as the ‘ reminiscence effect . ’ |
| 6 | The interviews were carried out some time after the abuse had been established , so that while all had been on the child abuse register only half were still on the register when interviewed . |
| 7 | ‘ Danker , ’ said the man in battle-dress , and to me : ‘ Hullo , old boy ’ as if it was inevitable that I should have come there some time or other , and went on throwing the ball about . |
| 8 | Do let's chat again some time and you can tell me all the gossip about Buck 's new tenants . ’ |
| 9 | When they finally said goodnight outside the hotel it was with a vague arrangement to meet again some time . |
| 10 | The job it was created to do — establish Unix SVR4 — was completed and done successfully some time ago . |
| 11 | If you have n't picked up these two handbooks that are on the table outside , can you do so some time today , okay ? |
| 12 | She did not know that it had been spiked with tranquillisers until she woke up some time later . |
| 13 | At last she fell asleep , but it seemed to her that she woke up some time in the night . |
| 14 | ALL defenders cock up some times . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've made up some time , ’ he informed her . |
| 16 | Orbit publishes Alan Dean Foster 's Son of Spellsinger ( £4.99 ) , and although the previous book in this series came out some time ago fans have long memories and this will sell well . |
| 17 | The earliest use of either of the terms so far located ( aside , of course , from that in the Kanunname itself ) is in a list of medreses and their incumbents in the archives of the Topkapi Sarayi , drawn up some time in the years 942–4/1536–7 . |
| 18 | He is believed to have died there some time between A.D. 64 and 67 . |
| 19 | The marriage must have broken up some time in 1980 . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , radio producers set aside some time each week to meet pluggers . |
| 21 | Set aside some time each day just for you and do whatever you like . |
| 22 | The practice can occur in actual business meetings where they set aside some time to make it possible to reflect on their actions and to correct them . |
| 23 | Finally , you should set aside some time every week to take stock of your work and your progress . |
| 24 | She was on her own : Dr Neil had been called out some time ago to attend a woman in childbirth , and Matey had gone to visit an old friend in St John 's Wood , and she was the sole mistress of the doctor 's house in Vetch Street . |
| 25 | But so I spent quite some time over that . |
| 26 | This bass part contains some relatively complex syncopated sixteenth note patterns , and you may find it takes quite some time to get these parts to settle . |
| 27 | Duck and Frog search for their friends and it takes quite some time to find them all . |
| 28 | A large database of the type given in the example file takes quite some time to analyse completely , but the output is truly comprehensive . |
| 29 | Unfortunately however , these functions are poorly documented and it takes quite some time to discover how to use them . |
| 30 | Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good . |