Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had heard it some time before they reached it , the rumble of thunder growing louder as they approached , to become almost deafening at the point where a cloud of spray hovered overhead , the droplets becoming tiny rainbows as they caught the sun . |
| 2 | She recognised the gun as one her ex-lover had bought her some time before as a form of self-protection , the court heard . |
| 3 | The Americans had bought him some time by offering refuge to Colonel Rebu and two other colonels . |
| 4 | For earlier , the grandma , who had left them some time ago , had pulled out a drawer from a deal tallboy , and put a noxious blanket in it , ready for the baby 's birth . |
| 5 | It had left them some time to take stock of their lives . |
| 6 | Miss Ross said her sister had kept a personal protection gun at home previously but had returned it some time ago to the Maze for safekeeping . |