Example sentences of "them [prep] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies . |
| 2 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 3 | He had been with them for some time ; two or three years before , he had told her that he did n't know where he had been born , or who his parents were . |
| 4 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 5 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 6 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 7 | Heather had borrowed his binoculars , Mossop said , and studied the cottage through them for some time . |
| 8 | Yet Dysart 's expression reminded him of something else she had said : that Dysart and Clare had been arguing immediately before the explosion ; that there had been friction between them for some time . |
| 9 | what we 're dealing with is a small group of MP s who thought there were some advantages in the Paignton amendment I 've discussed it very thoroughly with them for some time , and they agree that there were real difficulties about the Paignton amendment which I 've now addressed |
| 10 | The fact that Marc had registered her exact words seemed to say that they meant something — that he had n't simply dismissed what she had yelled out from the shower , but that he had remembered and , as it seemed now , had brooded over them for some time . |
| 11 | she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know . |
| 12 | This was the last day of these services , and there is talk of reviving them at some time in the future but using modern Sprinter units . |
| 13 | The justification of the invaders , based partly on the doubtful assumption that proximity gave sovereign rights , but more specifically on the claim that the islands had belonged to them at some time in the past , bears comparison with the Zionist claim to Palestine . |
| 14 | Even if someone believes the most secure and pernicious lies , he will not be able to help himself from doubting them at some time . |
| 15 | The goldfish is deservedly the most popular species of fish kept in garden ponds and few , if any , ponds in this country will not have had goldfish in them at some time . |
| 16 | She had eight brothers and had had to fight or argue with every one of them at some time or another . |
| 17 | Here , a charge under Schedule E can arise where a manager has acquired shares in respect of which a " chargeable event " occurs while he is the beneficial owner of them and the manager is a director or employee of Newco or Target or an associated company of either of them at some time during the period of seven years ending with the date on which the chargeable event occurs . |