Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [det] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |
2 | Mr. Sturge in his argument has maintained that such a lease would be valid , and that , even if the term is uncertain at its beginning when the lease takes effect , the fact that at some future time it will be rendered certain is sufficient to make it a good lease . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | And during all this time I kept getting flashing pictures in my mind of Chantal , like a magic lantern slide . |
5 | And in all that time she 'd never heard from Jez , nor even from her parents . |
6 | They threw us out at four o'clock and in all that time I had n't said a word , just listened . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
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 | In the image the tribe acts as a unit only when people need it , and at all other times it is only a possibility , a concept in their minds . |
12 | There 's a technique in nuclear physics , called neutron activation , which allows you to measure quantities of trace very small quantities of particular elements in materials and it 's been applied to looking at the concentration of arsenic in Napoleon 's hair , and you find that there are particular periods in his life when he got dosed with arsenic_ one 's not quite sure how — and at those particular times he was erm very ill ; it correlates very well with the historical evidence . |
13 | David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | But in all that time I 've never been completely sober . ’ |
16 | ‘ 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 . |
17 | But at this particular time we are here to support and assist in communication . ’ |
18 | But at any other time it 's the end of your turn . |
19 | A person may be resident in more than one country but at any given time he/she can only be domiciled in one . |
20 | But at some future time they may decide they want to . |
21 | ‘ Why — because , though at any other time I could perhaps let my feelings have their head , this time , for a reason I simply was n't seeing then , I just knew that it could not be like that with you . ’ |