Example sentences of "he [verb] some time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent some time afterwards making a special metal umbrella . |
| 2 | He spent some time actually living as a boarder in houses in the areas that he was studying , and making detailed studies of particular families . |
| 3 | He has been known to buy entire collections that please him , as he did some time ago with the modern Italian co-operative Memphis , or more recently with the furniture designer André Dubreuil . |
| 4 | He said er we had a big hoo hah he said er I borrowed some money off him he said some time ago to do something with and I had n't got the money he said and when I sold the plot of land he said I paid him back what I owed him cos borrow the money . |
| 5 | and he said some time ago , he rung up one afternoon |
| 6 | He retired some time ago ; had a stroke , I understand . ’ |