Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [pron] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry to intrude on you at this hour , but if you can give me a few minutes of your time you may be able to help me , and I 'll be very much obliged . ’ |
| 2 | The sellers gave the buyers a delivery note to enable them to collect the spirit from X. However , the buyers chose to keep it at X 's and did not come to remove it for some months by which time it had deteriorated . |
| 3 | Etheridge jun. worked in the Edinburgh office for 7 years during which time he did an amazing amount of work on Silurian and Carboniferous fossils . |
| 4 | Ash is produced when the coal is burnt and has proved to be something for the salvation for many plants and animals the ash is so fine that it has to be turned into a slurry and put into the to settle out these can be up to eight years during which time it becomes none the less but an artificial mud flat quickly colonized by weeds , pioneers crucial to the complex way of life in our natural world But for bird-watchers it is the bird that attracted to these artificial mud flats that are the most exciting development within the boundaries of these power station nature reserves . |
| 5 | Brown , 51 , was the first black chairman of the Democratic national committee during which time he revamped his party 's fund-raising and research organization . |
| 6 | Once the eggs have hatched the tiny fry are without parental care and become free swimming for a brief period during which time they must find their own host anemone . |
| 7 | Salami are usually air-dried at a constant temperature during which time they lose well over a quarter and up to a third of their original weight through evaporation of the water content . |
| 8 | He told immigration authorities he was on holiday and was admitted for 11 days during which time he was treated for typhoid and genital ulcers . |
| 9 | The eggs are left to their own devices and will hatch after 10 to 18 days during which time they develop into larvae 5mm long . |
| 10 | Since my wife was diagnosed with the illness , I have been researching alternative cures during which time I have come into contact with the ‘ Association stop au cancer ’ based at 29 Bd Gambetta , 73000 Chambery Cedex , France . |
| 11 | The American clipper ships of the 1850 s , the famous ‘ soft-wood three skysail-yarders ’ , became water-soaked within about ten years by which time they had no doubt paid for themselves very handsomely . |
| 12 | only for matter of a week , ten days by which time it 'll be fixed . |
| 13 | He then instructed Wallis to take a herbal remedy of red sage leaves for twelve days after which time he would be cured . |
| 14 | When the Shavante train boys to become warriors who can both take and give orders , they systematically constrain the youngsters in age-set seclusion for a period of five years during which time they are trained to endure suffering ( see below ) . |
| 15 | It is hoped that this will not be later than approximately 8 April by which time they are wanted back here to get on with parachute training . |
| 16 | Sharpe had no watch , but he estimated that he stayed at the edge of the wood for two hours during which time he counted twenty-two guns and forty-eight supply wagons . |
| 17 | For the May 1947 issue of Our Time he drew London Docks . |
| 18 | He was interrogated by the Agency for National Security Planning for 24 days during which time he was denied access to his lawyers . |
| 19 | Ruby had said she would be at the office again next morning by which time she expected Rain to have found something more profitable for her than keys . |
| 20 | If she had been like most women of her time she would never have gone to Navron or kept Willian ( the Frenchman 's servant employed . |
| 21 | Sentencing had been adjourned from an earlier date during which time it is alleged Marriner committed other offences . |