Example sentences of "some time [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm what I have in mind to do my Lord , is to open the case now for you to indicate the scope of erm and will you then know , agreed that we would invite you to adjourn that for some time to enable you do some reading of the witness statement and expert 's reports because of course they are long and that would take considerable amount of with your Lordship is able to familiarise himself with the matter which is contained therein . |
| 2 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 3 | They spent some time telling him what they thought of him . |
| 4 | Let's read the second part of this question cos it 's taken us er quite some time to do it but excellent question . |
| 5 | Duck and Frog search for their friends and it takes quite some time to find them all . |
| 6 | ‘ The girl was very distressed and took some time to tell us exactly what had happened . |
| 7 | I was more interested in the kittiwakes nesting on the window ledges , and spent some time photographing them . |
| 8 | I believe the police spent some time asking him questions but he had obviously not seen you so that was that . |
| 9 | waistcoat I 've been saving some time to get them . |
| 10 | It took him some time to convince them , apparently . ’ |
| 11 | So , I mean what I would suggest is er I do n't know is John anticipated to be off for some time do you think ? |
| 12 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 13 | The fact we have got a good track record and have been serving the pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals industries for some time means we can get work but we have to cut our margins . |
| 14 | It takes them all some time to understand it . |
| 15 | The practice can occur in actual business meetings where they set aside some time to make it possible to reflect on their actions and to correct them . |
| 16 | But you 're , but you 're quite right you , you certainly , you certainly have the right to say look , you know , rather than signing this now er I do need some time to think I mean let's face it there 's a load of s If you turn it over on the back of the credit agree |
| 17 | The woman told me that they normally like you to book a few days in advance so that you have some time to think it over in case you wanted to change your mind . |