Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't been able to make myself believe I hate you for some time now , Luke . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Although someone supervises me at all times , I handle all my cases myself . |
| 3 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 4 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 5 | You 're not forgetting that I called you before that time myself , and you told me Bonanza had taken the girl away somewhere ? ’ |
| 6 | My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college . |
| 7 | The common complaint that luxury extends itself even to the lowest ranks of the people , and that the labouring poor will not now be contented with the same food , clothing and lodging which satisfied them in former times , may convince us that it is not the money price of labour only , but its real recompense , which has been augmented . |
| 8 | Gunn continues , describing the feelings which thrilled him in that time now past . |
| 9 | To those who encountered him at this time , he seemed to grow more thick-set and muscular , endowed already with a public presence . |
| 10 | If she felt the presence of a man she had never known here in this house , just how much did Marguerite feel his presence and just how much did she need it at this time ? |
| 11 | Have you , have you seen him since that time when you said to him about coming . |
| 12 | The Gallery is known as Il salotto di Milano , the ‘ drawing room of Milan ’ , being the traditional meeting place of the Milanese , who use it at all times of day attracted by the city 's best cafés and restaurants , together with a range of fine shops whose windows are dressed by masters in the craft . |
| 13 | ‘ Most of the er , dastardly Huns , I think you call them in this time period , seem to be up by the door to the General 's office which , according to Benny , is also a quicker route out . |
| 14 | She 'll have to bribe the dezhurnaya to let you visit her at that time . ’ |
| 15 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
| 16 | We glimpse him at this time as the ‘ very accurate , industrious young man ’ commended by ‘ Governor ’ Thomas Pownall [ q.v . ] . |
| 17 | All stories were to be based on scientific and historical facts as we knew them at that time . |
| 18 | They begged him to let them off this time , but he rang back hour after hour , day , after day : " Sell your car . |
| 19 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 20 | Seven minutes is what it takes me at this time in the evening ; eight , sometimes nine , coming the opposite way in the morning , to allow for waits at the two pedestrian crossings and the crowds coming out of the station . |
| 21 | Everything he tells me of former times is suffused with loss . |
| 22 | Charlotte was counting the seconds until he should extricate himself , and he did it in less time than she had expected , and without even the pretence of sitting down with her . |
| 23 | It reminded her of another time . |
| 24 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 25 | This was telling them — trying to bolster their morale — that we were coming to their aid when it was virtually impossible for us to aid them at that time . |