Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recently moved into a house of my own , knowing nothing about d-i-y at the time . |
| 2 | Oh we 've had plenty of water for the time being . |
| 3 | Yeah I mean we did insert actually in the Chairman 's statement a cautionary note about the credit announcement because two years ago we had a similar increase which in fact by the time we got to the end of the year had disappeared so we view it with a lot of caution is the answer if you ask me to be more precise I ca n't because we 've never really had a set of tax increases the like of which we face now any other questions ? |
| 4 | out er we had nobody on site at the time . |
| 5 | Well I went to work on the Saturday morning at six and we were dredging until half past twelve , then we would , then do repairs till five o'clock at night and then five o'clock at night , when the other crew had gone home , when I start to stay there then from five o'clock Saturday night till Monday morning six o'clock all the time just to keep watch on the dredger , I used to sleep mind you during part of the time and erm used to have a big old tortoise stove down the cabin and make good fire . |
| 6 | Such measures brought it to heel for the time being ; but this was to be the last occasion before the end of the old monarchy when the government won a real victory over this increasingly dangerous opponent . |
| 7 | I have so far had 4 people interested in travelling from the UK , and another 3 who would like to join us for part of the time in NZ . |