Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning . |
| 2 | No doubt they will want to interview you at some time . |
| 3 | He he said you 're one person I can talk to , you listen to me and I can talk to you and er he did n't want to worry you at that time but for him , he did n't think he was suitable . |
| 4 | Where politicians have challenged him , he has outmanoeuvred them until such time as he perceived his work to be done ; and then — Vienna 1964 , Berlin 1989 — he simply and quickly stepped aside to move on to fresh projects . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 6 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 7 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 8 | I 've decided to let you off this time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . |
| 10 | No one tells us how we are supposed to deal with death — our own or that of other people — and yet we are all going to face it at some time . |
| 11 | Eagle 's Nest Direct was the first Very Severe rock climb in the British Isles and a route so serious then that to contemplate leading it at that time of primitive rope technique meant you also contemplated death . |
| 12 | Once you have completed your design , you must ensure that you cover it with a sheet of glass should you have to leave it at any time . |
| 13 | ‘ He would n't have to tell them at this time of night . |
| 14 | And not only that , I 'll tell you what I 've longed to tell you for some time , that I think you 're a fool for not having responded to it , for not having done something about it before now . |
| 15 | He obviously had never heard of the Order of Merit or I am quite sure he would have mentioned it at that time . |
| 16 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 17 | Michael might come to visit her at any time . |
| 18 | ‘ Well I never , ’ thought Tom , ‘ The Captain really seems to have pulled it off this time ! ’ |
| 19 | He did feed them at one time , but they became so rampant he had to stop . |
| 20 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 21 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 22 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 23 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 24 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 25 | Before he had become involved with Sien he had used her for some time as a model . |
| 26 | There was a fairly large number of letters about him , sent in the last few months both to Jackson 's and to Viola Machin by people who had known him at one time or another . |
| 27 | Tshisekedi , of the Democratic Union for Social Progress , had been offered the post in July but had refused it at that time [ see pp. 38323-24 ] . |
| 28 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |
| 29 | In a letter to Charles Empson , the Newcastle bookseller , dated 1 October 1831 , when he was eight parts into the Parrots , and Gould , who had overtaken him by this time , was already ten parts into his own publication , Lear complains : |
| 30 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |