Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | His mother could not be traced , but the tiny corpse was recognised by a lady who had looked after him for some time , before she , as many others , had done before her , had innocently replied to Mrs Dyer 's advertisement , disguised by the nom de plume Mrs Thomas . |
2 | Anyway I wo n't say any more because I 'll other people will eventually go but Hugh Berger is a gentleman who owns it or who lives in it at this time |
3 | Talking to Gavin Selerie in 1983 McGrath detailed some of the influences that came to work on him at that time . |
4 | Now unless we think that dreams can unravel very fast in the mind , much faster , and there is some evidence that that 's true actually , that dreams can in fact happen quicker than you could think of them in conscious time . |
5 | It may also be appropriate to explain that we have been using both systems , side by side , for over two years with files being transferred between them throughout that time . |
6 | Granny had been living with us for some time . |
7 | I was almost up the stairs level with her by this time . |
8 | He comes into close contact with both a teacher and other children of his own age and many of his future feelings about himself will result from what happens to him at this time . |
9 | Did it matter to you at that time who it was ? |
10 | Before I start , if you have written to me at some time and recognise your own problems in what follows — please do n't take offence ! |
11 | An ambitious reclamation scheme on the south coast also came to nothing around this time . |
12 | ‘ I 'd thought about it for some time , and decided to give it a go . ’ |
13 | They were concerned to be caring and look after him at this time of tragedy , and he was just not really taking in what had happened . |
14 | It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies . |
15 | It probably sums up the case and we can discuss it and perhaps add to it at that time . |
16 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
17 | Now , have you had a chance to look at anything since last time ? |
18 | Elsie , who lived with us at that time , just sat with tears streaming down her face . |
19 | Will you really stay with me for all time , be my wife ? ’ |
20 | He said his thug would stay with me during that time . ’ |
21 | If very dirty they lay it in the stream , securing it with a large stone , and let the water flow through it for some time , after which they proceed as before … the linen is spread upon the rocks in the river , or the walls near at hand , and secured , like everything else by a stone at each corner … |
22 | Who could it be calling on him at this time of night ? |
23 | Check your records to make sure that your employee was employed by you at some time during that week . |
24 | She had n't heard from her for some time . |
25 | Somewhere in the back of my mind I think maybe I was afraid that they would find you although I had heard from you by that time and knew you could not possibly be there at the bottom of Loch Craig . |
26 | ‘ The chief ‘ s been asking for you for some time , Mr Wycliffe . ’ |
27 | Her heart gave a little lurch as she thought about running into him at some time , which she was bound to do . |
28 | It has to be emphasised that the committee worked always in the shadow of the law : Section 132 of the Public Health Act 1875 had said that any expenses incurred by a local authority in maintaining in a hospital a patient who is not a pauper , should be deemed to be a debt due from such patient to the local authority , and could be recovered from him at any time within six months after his discharge from the hospital . |
29 | And erm he 's hired from me for some time now |
30 | You may not feel this will apply to you for some time . |