Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] ['s] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the variations of phase as Venus moved around its orbit were not in accord with the Ptolemaic model of the Solar System which originated with the Greek astronomer Ptolemy ( ca. 100-ca. 170 ) a refined version of which was widely accepted in Galileo 's time . |
| 2 | The ‘ opaque ’ areas of experience , of institutions , and daily living , if they had not disappeared by Gregory 's time , had become absorbed into a Christian universe as translucent parts . |
| 3 | If she were to open the door perhaps the blackness would be out there now , ready to swallow her , as it had almost done on that previous occasion ; or would she wander endlessly in a limbo of greyness , forever trapped between Johnny 's time and her own ? |
| 4 | The attempt to use the theatre for purposes of moral education , still practised in Schiller 's time , was soon discredited . |
| 5 | While these books had probably disintegrated by Leapor 's time , it is striking that poor scholars might be taught Latin . |
| 6 | They were well known in Shakespeare 's time , for in A Midsummer Night 's Dream , Titania remarks about a period of unseasonable weather : |
| 7 | Coat colours included red , brindle and yellowish cream , and the ‘ dun ’ colour had almost disappeared by Youatt 's time . |
| 8 | The terrace garden still exists and is probably little changed since Tennyson 's time . |