Example sentences of "[conj] it have [be] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | He added that it had been some years since he had been back in England . |
| 2 | But , city dweller as she had always been , she had been aware of every sound — the gentle lapping noises of the canal against the side of the boat , the small night sounds of birds and other creatures , and it had been some time before weary body and brain relaxed . |
| 3 | Whichever way , she probably had n't given it much thought at the time and it had been some time later when her mother had told her that he had left the country and gone abroad to work . |
| 4 | Nor do I imagine that Number 10 would have been overjoyed if it had been some young detective constable . ’ |
| 5 | What if it had been some lunatic who sounded like her , someone who had lured her here for a reason . |