Example sentences of "[adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miller 's Vinca rosea ( now Catharanthus roseus ) had been brought forward : ‘ as this plant is a great novelty in Europe … the Figure of the Plant has not yet been seen by any living person ’ and of Gardenia capense , called by him Jasminium , he wrote , ‘ Could we have procured a good drawing in proper time it would have been in its proper place , but as this is so curious and being an undescribed plant , we hope our purchasers will not be displeased with insertion here . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If it had been a different time you 'd have been a doctor or an engineer , ’ Rose said . |
| 3 | Well I mean we can always unmake it presumably cos next week it will be , it 'll be different time I expect wo n't it ? |
| 4 | After a long exciting time we caught the train and went home tired but happy . |
| 5 | Landing kicks on target has been Gloucester 's main weakness this season and when Roberts made it two out of two just before half time they must have thought their luck was changing . |
| 6 | West Ham doing so well in the second division went to first division Luton , and by half time they were in front , a Pariss goal after forty three minutes , but Luton hit back in the seventieth minute through Black , and these two sides must replay . |
| 7 | At half time you can change your tactics and bring on a substitute . |
| 8 | I thought at half time I had got it exactly right . |
| 9 | Well having seen Blackburn Rovers away from home a few times this season I I 've got ta say at half time I thought they 'd they 'd be comfortably in control . |
| 10 | By this time they were starting to review the situation steadily , forecasting the Duke of Atholl 's likely moves , wording formal requests for warrants to meet in larger groups , arguing furiously over the likelihood of being able to get weapons from the armouries at Atholl or Taymouth Castle . |
| 11 | By this time they had left the classroom and were walking down one of the long , high-ceilinged corridors of the Faculty building . |
| 12 | This time they took up Bright 's original suggestion and spliced the cable in mid-ocean on July 29 1858 . |
| 13 | This time they were naturalists . |
| 14 | But this time they were wrong . |
| 15 | While in the past , US officials blocked investigations into Gen Noriega 's drug links ; this time they let justice take its course . |
| 16 | This time they may not be so lucky . |
| 17 | This time they saw the church in all its Moorish exuberance . |
| 18 | By this time they are approaching the borders of the Promised Land , and minds have turned to plans for invasion . |
| 19 | Moses and Aaron bravely do not do as they are told , but this time they can not save the body of the people from disaster . |
| 20 | At least this time they do not threaten to stone Moses as they did in Exodus 17 . |
| 21 | This time they marched behind not Canon Collins but a fiercer cleric , the Reverend Michael Scott . |
| 22 | This time they got their desire . |
| 23 | During this time they are given drugs thought to be effective against Alzheimers — which also causes memory loss and lack of attention — to assess their efficacy . |
| 24 | This time they are peddling water-filters , but the product is a second-rate consideration . |
| 25 | During this time they were also shown a reel of commercials for different brands , including one for Tetley round bags . |
| 26 | This time they managed to empty the room without any mishaps and prepared it for Endill 's work . |
| 27 | When bonds came on the market after this time they were sold quietly by the Bondholders Committee to members of the Club with a long term , proven interest in its affairs , who had either enquired about bonds or were offered them being regarded as suitable individuals . |
| 28 | This time they were greeted by a good-looking young woman . |
| 29 | Always there have been unembarrassed silences between us , but this time they are filled with their exhaustion . |
| 30 | During this time they had also become accustomed to a pattern of corporeal proximity , nothing like horseplay of course , or holding hands , or significant touching , but just an ordinary sort of being close together like two friendly animals in a stall . |