Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 2 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 3 | You 're not forgetting that I called you before that time myself , and you told me Bonanza had taken the girl away somewhere ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Gunn continues , describing the feelings which thrilled him in that time now past . |
| 7 | To those who encountered him at this time , he seemed to grow more thick-set and muscular , endowed already with a public presence . |
| 8 | And it was n't arbitrary it was where we needed somebody at that time . |
| 9 | All stories were to be based on scientific and historical facts as we knew them at that time . |
| 10 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It reminded her of another time . |
| 13 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 14 | As he said himself of this time , ‘ I yearned to live a semi-bohemian lifestyle , an unstructured life ; but a consecrated one ; some kind of calling . ’ |