Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] time [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Scottish Wildlife Trust has for some time had a system for identifying second tier biological sites , primarily as a conservation mechanism , no such system has been created for geological or geomorphological sites , until now . |
| 2 | Everyone in nursing has at some time experienced the abuse of power by someone more senior , and has been hurt by it , yet the system is difficult to modify . |
| 3 | Almost every child , I imagine , has at some time owned a much-loved Teddy Bear . |
| 4 | If at a time before the end of the relevant period any property ceases to be property subject to a reservation , the donor shall be treated for the purposes of the inheritance tax legislation as having at that time made a disposition of the property by way of a potentially exempt transfer ( s102(3) and ( 4 ) ) . |
| 5 | He lost little or nothing by the concession and , as we have seen , the papal letters had for some time indicated the likelihood of such a solution being acceptable at Rome . |
| 6 | As already mentioned , the Irish bishops had for some time found the separation of church and state both a workable and desirable solution . |
| 7 | The fact that the applicants in the main proceedings had for some time circumvented the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy did not give them any legitimate expectation that they would be allowed to continue to do so in the future . |
| 8 | Gervold , abbot of St Wandrille , who had for some time supervised the exaction of tolls at various Channel ports ( particularly Quentovic ) and established cordial relations with Offa , evidently mollified Charlemagne and a trade embargo was not maintained . |
| 9 | Unfortunately the bed manufacturer had during that time increased the price to £120 each and this was their only source of supply . |
| 10 | Schweppe had at that time suffered an apoplectic attack from which he died 18 November 1821 , at his home ( Les Petits Crêts ) in Bouchet , Petit Saconnex , Geneva . |
| 11 | He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his . |
| 12 | All those who went through the ordeal had at some time survived an accident or illness when their lives had been despaired of . |
| 13 | We received a call from the hospital , which had by this time received the results of the X-rays . |
| 14 | I had by this time met the latter . |
| 15 | The wheezing noise of the bellows had by this time excited the interest of some sentries on a large freighter moored nearby , but Maclean shouted out that they should mind their own business . |
| 16 | The Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 13 that he should be returned to prison but Alcalde had by this time left the country . |
| 17 | AFHQ itself , however , had by this time issued a number of order and signals in respect of both groups which were potentially in conflict . |
| 18 | I have for some time studied the prospects for the privatisation of British Rail . |
| 19 | They sometimes have problems with the control of their dentures when eating certain types of food , and some have slight difficulties with swallowing as the muscles get weaker ( or if they have at some time suffered a small stroke ) , so they dislike being watched . |
| 20 | All of these have at some time commanded the Empire 's armies . |