Example sentences of "they [vb past] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They met some time in ‘ thirty-eight , I gather . |
| 2 | In the spirit of affability , may I congratulate the Government on one of the changes that they made some time ago , in which they followed fairly accurately the views expressed in early-day motion 488 , which noted that when ’ the Social Fund cold weather payments scheme trigger mechanism was put to a serious test it collapsed three times under the weight of its own absurdity the scheme is inadequate , inefficiently targeted and wasteful as the cost of advertising and administration are unjustifiably high ; and urges a new saving limit of £3,000 that would create a fully automatic scheme ’ . |
| 3 | Their detour to Fort George crossed what is how the main road from Nairn to Inverness , and they arrived some time in the late morning . |
| 4 | When they returned some time during the morning , despite her lack of sleep , Sarella had never felt more wide awake . |
| 5 | They spent some time driving around before the woman persuaded the kidnapper to let her take the child into a shop to get some baby food . |
| 6 | Stirling and Tait managed to make it north to the escarpment where they spent some time observing enemy traffic on the coastal road below . |
| 7 | They spent some time telling him what they thought of him . |
| 8 | They spent some time in the north . ’ |
| 9 | It was a Saturday , their father was sleeping in , as were their three elder brothers , so for once they had some time to play by themselves , which they did in the yard . |