Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb past] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friday I spent some time here , half a day . |
| 2 | The other device I saw some time ago was a timing light for diesels , this obtained its triggering pulse from a sensor clipped to no.1 injector pipe . |
| 3 | Most years he spent some time in Anagni or Segni , his home region ; otherwise Rome was his main place of residence . |
| 4 | While loading Frankenstein I took some time to read the inlay . |
| 5 | After leaving the Dardanelles he spent some time in Salonika and Egypt , before being posted as brigadier-general ( November 1915 ) on the staff of the reserve corps led by Sir Hubert Gough [ q.v. ] on the western front . |
| 6 | In spite of the garden we took some time to get accustomed to our new way of living . |
| 7 | In the last two chapters we took some time to reach the chosen texts . |
| 8 | With the conventional weighing system it took some time for the information about packet weights to get to the point where decisions could be made to adjust either the oven or the wrapping machine . |
| 9 | In fact it took some time to make effective progress , in part because of institutional changes ; Lord Portal replaced Lord Reith , and in 1943 a separate Ministry of Town and Country Planning was set up . |