Example sentences of "it had been some " in BNC.
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1 | It had been some time since I had visited Ingleborough , so last summer I went back with a couple of friends to rediscover some of its hidden treasures . |
2 | It had been some time since they had had the chance for such indulgences . |
3 | Nor do I imagine that Number 10 would have been overjoyed if it had been some young detective constable . ’ |
4 | What if it had been some lunatic who sounded like her , someone who had lured her here for a reason . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | It had been some time now since the old pilots had been in a dog-fight , and Killion for one was sweating heavily by the time he landed . |
7 | He added that it had been some years since he had been back in England . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Well , it had been some while since she 'd walked ten miles in one go — or even five , for that matter , she excused her fluttering heart . |