Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seemed hardly time for anyone to wander off , but wander she had , and she had come to swinging happily on a swing in the park playground . |
| 2 | However , the Bill was enacted on May 9 under provisions of the Parliament Acts 1991 and 1949 ( whereby a bill could be passed directly for royal assent if it had been approved twice by the Commons but rejected both times by the Lords ) . |
| 3 | The minutes sped by until the bell that heralded home time . |
| 4 | So what happened about time and a half ? |
| 5 | Jackman has played Martin twice in the last eight months and lost both times , but Jackman was buoyed by the fact that she had taken a game off her on each occasion . |
| 6 | They 've already played them twice this season and lost both times . |
| 7 | But that 's how it started both times before , and if I lose this baby , I 'll — ’ |
| 8 | Keeping the Sabbath was originally one of the Ten Commandments because it kept aside time to honour the Creator . |
| 9 | Republic of Ireland international Roy Keane released from his defensive shackles and restored to his favourite midfield role surged forward time and again into dangerous situations . |
| 10 | Meredith had only time to see that she was expensively dressed , sharp-featured and bad-tempered in looks . |
| 11 | Er I do n't suppose they had much time for , for relaxing and sitting down . |
| 12 | She whiled away time walking along the Mootwalk , an ancient wooden cloister that faced the Hilder and under which was a row of shops : an optician 's , a hairdresser 's , a wine shop , a jeans and sweater boutique , a newsagent , the pet shop . |
| 13 | I 've worked with them before , you see , ’ he added , in explanation and Teversham had just time to assure him he well understood and would n't himself like to work with anyone else 's squad , before Miss Williams , tears in her eyes , and Francis Morgan , white with distress , bore down on them . |
| 14 | But to bale out at 250 feet was tempting Fate too much — and although the parachute had just time to spring out of its canvas cover before the pilot hit the ground , no time remained for the canopy to open and check his fall . |
| 15 | He had just time to form them up and move a little way forward himself from their hiding-place , to where he could see the ford and its approaches on either side , when the first fleeing riders came pounding down , splashing over and racing on . |
| 16 | Nenna had just time to say , I must be going , before she came back , tottering at a kind of dignified slant , and holding a large tin of cheese straws . |
| 17 | Claudia had just time to see a sign in gold and red before they turned into a cobbled yard . |
| 18 | She had just time to nod before the advance guard entered . |
| 19 | I had just time to pull on a clean shirt and a pair of Chinos — Springsteen 's favourites as they show up his black hairs to best effect — before the local news came on the TV . |
| 20 | I had just time to think what a help he was being when another boot landed in my guts and I gasped for air . |
| 21 | ‘ Natty suddenly called out , ‘ Look massa ’ ; in an instant the air before us seemed literally filled with a dense mass of these birds , which had suddenly rose from under the trees at his exclamation ; we had scarcely time to raise our guns before they were seventy or eighty yards off ; our united discharge , however , brought down eight additional specimens , all of which being merely winged and fluttering about , attracted the attention of our kangaroo dogs , and it was with the greatest difficulty that they could be prevented from tearing them to pieces ; in the midst of the scramble , a kite , with the utmost audacity , came to the attack , and would doubtless , in spite of our presence , have carried off his share , had not the contents of my second barrel stopped his career . |
| 22 | I had hardly time to see that a car had been driven up to a shop window and was now rapidly reversing out of it when two young men wearing stocking-masks and bundled up in thick clothing , making them unidentifiable , came rushing into the street , each swinging a bag of loot . |
| 23 | A great wedge of MacIans had driven in to cut off the Macleans ' attacking force ; the few men left fighting by the ships had neither time nor numbers to relaunch them . |
| 24 | But concentrating as she was on simply surviving , she had neither time nor energy enough . |
| 25 | I had barely time to recognise the shaven and scarred head emerging from the heap of Bibles and screwed-up paper , when a quick movement caught the corner of my eye . |