Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Dysart 's expression reminded him of something else she had said : that Dysart and Clare had been arguing immediately before the explosion ; that there had been friction between them for some time . |
| 2 | Heather had borrowed his binoculars , Mossop said , and studied the cottage through them for some time . |
| 3 | You took a good deal with you at that time I presume |
| 4 | Yes , well I was on a r a radio programme with him at one time and er and he was telling about some of his sticky stories , and there was one where he was doing a similar job from a farmhouse and he picked the furniture up and had to drive down this long drive to get onto the road and the the farmer , who presumably was the man who felt er an injustice to him was being done as it were , he was on his tractor , saw the van moving down the driveway , took a shortcut to the road edge , and fired a shotgun at his van . . |
| 5 | ‘ Fish Street , ’ says Esme , ‘ did have 19 fish shops in it at one time . |
| 6 | 2.00 : Another Welfare Assistant takes over with R from me at this time . |
| 7 | Confident youth may never imagine a world like this in a million Sundays , but these pictures tell it like it is for by far the majority of us at one time or other ; and I defy anyone to say that it could not be them — be they so lucky as still to be climbing when approaching 80 . |
| 8 | I said look Neil you can drive , but let's not let's not take it that I 'm saying that you must drive let's go into the question of why you 're making a mess of it at this time and we , oh honestly Brenda if I 've got black circles under my eyes do not be surprised because , of course , this all goes back to his absolutely , appallingly , stupid mother ! |
| 9 | I am very honoured as Rector to be associated with this great University and hope that during my period of office should you decide to come here , that I may be of assistance to you during that time . |
| 10 | Perhaps it was a great help to me at this time that the RAF introduced a new trade into the Service — Metal Rigger — and to the horror of the old " Chippie Rigger " who fashioned the ancient wooden aircraft , and claimed " we used to have men of steel and kites of wood … sadly now the process has been reversed " . |
| 11 | Indeed , leave all practical matters to me for all time . |
| 12 | We 've had our eye on him for some time . |
| 13 | I have had my eye on you for some time . |
| 14 | So I 'll get some tables for you for next time erm if |
| 15 | I could have made contact with it at any time . |
| 16 | This help will include the provision of translation services , communications with authorities and others in foreign resorts , the recommending of foreign lawyers ( if needed ) , explanation of procedures to be followed and the notification to you of any time limits , subject to our spending on all such activities on behalf of yourself and your party a maximum of £5,000 in total . |
| 17 | Thank the Lord for his faithfulness to them at this time . |
| 18 | The goldfish is deservedly the most popular species of fish kept in garden ponds and few , if any , ponds in this country will not have had goldfish in them at some time . |
| 19 | And then after when there was practically no erm commercial trade with them at that time . |
| 20 | You were getting all your orders from them at that time ? |
| 21 | However , as the table has to be moved out of the way whenever the patient gets up , it should not be too heavy , or have too many items on it at one time . |
| 22 | However , we reserve the right for repayment to be made on demand by us at any time . |
| 23 | ‘ And no address for her at that time ? |
| 24 | I mean we did a lot of things that other people probably did n't do , I always remember next door to us at one time the curate of the St Mary 's church , er , who is er , he is now Bishop of mm , gosh , he 's a up in Nottingham way , Bishop of something or other , we met him at a , at a do not so very long ago and he 's just the same , he 's marvellous and he was the curate and they were as poor as church mice and er in relation to them we were really well off you know , and er they had hardly any fires or anything and we gave them an electric fire to heat their place up and er when we met him , it was last February at a , a do of one of the research engineers from where I was work working the last job I had and er , he said I 've still got the electric fire |
| 25 | In the present case , the defendant was well aware that the council had acquired the plot in order to construct a road on it at some time in the future and meantime had no present use for the land . |
| 26 | Well , I think all I can do is to reiterate that this road would not be considered for construction at all at this stage if it was n't for the probable re-siting of the erm transfer station and therefore we would not be looking at any aspect of it at this time if it were not for that . |
| 27 | But I felt dreadful , like a bloated lump with one leg and no hair , so there are n't any photos of me at that time at all . |
| 28 | she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know . |
| 29 | A young Cornish shoemaker married at the time he was setting up on his own : " his wife 's immediate fortune was ten pounds — a sum to him at that time , of great importance " . |
| 30 | Indeed , it has actually been an idea of mine for some time that the retaining of unnecessary numbers simply for tradition 's sake — resulting in employees having an unhealthy amount of time on their hands — has been an important factor in the sharp decline in professional standards . |