Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adj] time [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basis of the Good Friday belief appears to have been that on that day the soil is redeemed from the power of Satan — the old chthonic god of the pre-Christian religion — and for this brief time he has no influence on it at all . |
| 2 | Somehow Florian 's words must have summoned the memory of that first time they had worked together , long years ago , and that sensation of a shadow falling on her had come from the past . |
| 3 | That was all , the slightest touch of his fingers on hers , but she was reminded of that other time he had touched her , when he 'd helped her out of the pool , and now , as then , something inside her responded to his touch . |
| 4 | It is only three years since she took up painting dogs as a profession , but in that short time she has been kept constantly in work . |
| 5 | In all that time we have actually had two people say yes I would like to cancel , of all the policies that we 've actually issues . |
| 6 | And in all that time she 'd never heard from Jez , nor even from her parents . |
| 7 | They threw us out at four o'clock and in all that time I had n't said a word , just listened . |
| 8 | Working day at least in all that time I had entered or come out from that building and its reality had gone for me . |
| 9 | But in all that time I 've never been completely sober . ’ |
| 10 | I 've supported Leeds since I was 5 and in all that time I 've never once wished Leeds would lose a game , ever . |
| 11 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 12 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 13 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 14 | I have been keeping tropical fish for around 20 years and in all that time I have always had not just one , but a number of aquaria . |
| 15 | In all this time it has only ever had three owners . |
| 16 | If , for example , she sometimes finds the superfluities of Godmersham amusing — ‘ At this present time I have five Tables , Eight & twenty Chairs & two fires all to myself ’ she none the less savours the ‘ luxurious sensation ’ of sitting ‘ in idleness over a good fire in a well-proportioned room ’ . |
| 17 | But just at this particular time we 've got a lot of residents with Zimmer frames and they really just are n't steady enough without one of the care staff going across with them , which does happen . |
| 18 | At any given time she has been appropriately fearless and self-contained in the message she has applied . |