Example sentences of "[noun] but [prep] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was other stuff in similar vein but by this time I had my hand on the Yale latch and was opening the door . |
| 2 | He had lived outwith Scotland for only 5 years but during that time he had travelled further by land and had seen a greater number of interesting places than most people do in a lifetime . |
| 3 | He is one of the finest strikers so I suppose you ca n't totally blame the defence but by this time I thought we were in for a beating . |
| 4 | Tritsch Tratsch lasts only about three minutes but in that time it does not waste a second . |
| 5 | He glanced at Nina for support but by this time she was staring at the ground . |
| 6 | ‘ Career breaks would enable women to choose to take five , six or seven years out to have their families but in that time they would be kept in touch , ’ said Miss Armstrong . |
| 7 | It 's been two years in the studio but in that time we 've probably only spent four months recording . ’ |
| 8 | Vanbrugh was appointed as designer but at that time he is not known to have had any architectural experience ; his career had until then been a military one . |