Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [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 | Bad behaviour was expected of you in those times . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Talking to Gavin Selerie in 1983 McGrath detailed some of the influences that came to work on him at that time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Granny had been living with us for some time . |
| 8 | I was almost up the stairs level with her by this time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Did it matter to you at that time who it was ? |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | Several correspondents have written to me at different times expressing the wish that we join forces in order to become more effective . |
| 13 | He had not written anything he had not already said to me at different times ’ . ’ |
| 14 | But it is easier to show that the Aquitanians ' identity as a people was imposed on them rather than felt by them in Carolingian times . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd thought about it for some time , and decided to give it a go . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies . |
| 18 | It probably sums up the case and we can discuss it and perhaps add to it at that time . |
| 19 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
| 20 | Elsie , who lived with us at that time , just sat with tears streaming down her face . |
| 21 | Will you really stay with me for all time , be my wife ? ’ |
| 22 | He said his thug would stay with me during that time . ’ |
| 23 | 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 … |
| 24 | Who could it be calling on him at this time of night ? |
| 25 | She 's only limping on it at certain times cos she came rushing into my bedroom last night and you were n't limping then ! |
| 26 | Check your records to make sure that your employee was employed by you at some time during that week . |
| 27 | She had n't heard from her for some time . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ The chief ‘ s been asking for you for some time , Mr Wycliffe . ’ |
| 30 | ( 12 ) The histories of cease and quit are less varied but the senses found for them in earlier times help explain some of the semantic differences that will be described below . |