Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [prep] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the reasons for believing that cross-species extrapolation is possible at all is that all living animals have evolved from common ancestors that existed at some time in the distant past . |
| 2 | He was a brilliant scholar , and lived for some time at ‘ Titeup Hall , ’ Dalton . |
| 3 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 4 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 5 | She thought and thought for some time , and then she smiled . |
| 6 | She got up slowly from the table , washed up the mug , and stood for some time absolutely still , staring . |
| 7 | A Somali taxi-driver denounces those in his country who still think they can make a radical revolution , before turning to a discussion of the narcotic , khat , legally available in Britain but banned for some time in the US . |