Example sentences of "[verb] some time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The cave was formed some time during the early part of the Pleistocene , over one million years ago , and it became filled with sediment during the middle Pleistocene approximately 350 to 400 thousand years ago . |
2 | The congregation here was formed some time after 1690 though the present church building only dates from 1879 . |
3 | Cash with order or cash on delivery is always better than cash some time in the future . |
4 | But we ask you to spare some time during the holiday to think of those who are less fortunate . |
5 | If you are seriously contemplating taking your skills abroad , then it may be advisable to invest some time in updating yourself at home first . |
6 | So he decided he needed to invest some time in , in that . |
7 | He hoped she would spare some time for him and he promised he would not ask her to act in anything . |
8 | In 23 patients ( group A ) biliary tract calculi were present either at the time of diagnosis ( 14 patients ) ( Fig 1 ) or subsequently developed some time after the diagnosis of sclerosing cholangitis had been made ( nine patients ) . |
9 | The two groups returned safely to Jalo , where they had to wait some time for news of Jock Lewes and Bill Fraser . |
10 | They met some time in ‘ thirty-eight , I gather . |
11 | When it come to excitement-value , neither of the Top Yanks holds a candle to Finn 's Hotel ( Viking , June , £12.99 , 0 670 85067 5 ) , the ‘ lost novel ’ by James Joyce , allegedly completed some time between the writing of Ulysses and Finnegan 's Wake . |
12 | If you are acting for a builder-seller selling a new dwelling and the builder is on the National House-Building Council 's register ( Chapter 13 ) , you may not , unless the property is completed some time before completion of the sale , have received the standard notice of insurance cover to hand over , in which case you will give an undertaking to do so as soon as it comes to hand . |
13 | Make some time for yourself See Chapter 3 ( section on assertiveness , p. 96 ) |
14 | Emerson and Jackie swopped positions at Brands Hatch , with both of them missing gears at critical points and having to drive some time in oil thrown up by Ickx 's Ferrari . |
15 | Mercifully , by the third day Nigel got some time on his own and was able to go out and buy a meal . |
16 | I hope I will , that we will have support in it on this issue and I do n't want to take up all the time but it is something that members do approach me in , and and others on the members ' services sub and I hope we have time Chairman to er give this report some consideration and let's say it 's a v , it 's a very important if you Chairman want any additionals to the recommendations , or if you say we 're going too far in the recommendations because those recommendations you have down in front of you will be forwarded on and you 're officers and your your your policies and resources they 've given some time on on this report and therefore on the bottom of page thirty one the motion to be moved says that the comments of the policy and resources committee and the recommendations of the joint working party and the internal management of the local authorities be noted for submission to the Association of County Councils as appropriate . |
17 | You may be recalled for a second interview or apply to the same place some time in the future . |
18 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
19 | ‘ I just want some time to myself , ’ she repeated calmly . |
20 | and , well no it 's not sociable but because you come out and it , it gets you away from here because you 've got so many things on during the day you want some time to yourself and because you , we 've found us a place that we wo n't get busted and we know we wo n't we go in and have it but I can guarantee that if we were , like walking into this room , if it was full of smoke it would put me off straight away . |
21 | Further damage and paint loss , caused by changes in humidity and temperature during the paintings ' absence , are likely to appear some time in the future , as is usual with sensitive panels . |
22 | The speed at which galaxies are now receding implies that the universe was infinitely compressed some time between 12 billion and 18 billion years ago — thus giving a date for the big bang . |
23 | For instance , you might decide to really need some time to yourself . |
24 | Now , the very word ‘ about ’ clearly warns us that the inscription was probably added some time after the event , but all the available evidence does point toward its veracity . |
25 | ‘ The murder was committed some time between twelve and three . |
26 | In a case which occurred some time between 1037 and 1054 , the abbot of Marmoutier complained in Geoffrey Martel 's court that a certain Bouchard had seized back a mill which his brother , with Bouchard 's consent , had earlier bestowed on the abbey . |
27 | So the mischief occurred some time between then and five-fifteen . ’ |
28 | What is arguably the most significant event to affect the British landscape occurred some time before 4000 BC . |
29 | The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn . |
30 | An official bulletin was expected some time after the consultation . |