Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adj] time [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , the mere fact that in that time she has overtaken it most one of some 20 countries that outranked her in per capita terms is enough to establish that her record is less than spectacular . |
| 2 | He was lucky not to get a prison sentence and claims that since that time he has remained sober . |
| 3 | While in hospital I had mentioned to my surgeon that I intended to go to the Bristol Cancer Help Centre , although at that time I had not actually made up my mind . |
| 4 | We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity . |
| 5 | He grew very portly as an old man and although by this time he had become something of a legend to the other members of his club ( " The Hero of Krishnapur " ) , one might have thought that he himself had entirely forgotten about the siege . |
| 6 | Area manager Beth Robinson says : ‘ Our business in Finaghy has steadily increased year by year and for some time we have been looking for premises , in a prominent location , which would give us the space we now need . |
| 7 | Erm , she actually traced back calls on the station log and it was done from the first of October nineteen ninety two to the thirtieth of September nineteen ninety three and during that time we had over five thousand three hundred and thirty calls , of which one thousand one hundred and sixty six originated from , so that is erm twenty point three percent of the calls received at police station and were held on came from , which is quite a lot . |
| 8 | He had spent less than an hour in the Dragon and during that time he had succeeded in needling at least four men . |
| 9 | By the time Johnny moved back to Brighton he had spent over 20 years at Selhurst Park and during that time he had made an invaluable contribution to Palace 's progress both on and off the field , for which he will long be remembered with gratitude . |
| 10 | He had spent nearly all of his forty-eight years in the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist , and during that time he had witnessed literally thousands of encounters with people from the Other Side . |
| 11 | They had been in the outback for four months , and during that time it had become clear to Gould that his projected trips to New Zealand , Moreton Bay , and Norfolk Island were unnecessary . |
| 12 | I 've had the same look for the last 7–8 years and during that time I 've put on some weight . |
| 13 | I have been breeding Neons for around twenty years , and during this time I have evolved a set procedure which enables me to successfully raise the fish in sufficient numbers . |
| 14 | We 've spent twenty-four hours together and in that time I 've been bitten by bugs in a hooker 's bed , tied up a guy with no legs and stolen his wheelchair , stayed cooped up in a train for twelve hours with an attractive man and behaved like a virgin . |
| 15 | It 's now ten years since he set up Some Bizzare , and in that time he has enticed Matt Johnson , You 've Got Foetus On Your Breath , Psychic TV , Einstuerzende Neubauten and Berlin-born cabaret singer Anges Bernelle into his entourage . |
| 16 | It is nineteen months since Richard Ryder was appointed Government Chief Whip and in that time he has risen to become John Major 's right-hand man . |
| 17 | The craft has been his hobby for the past years , and in that time he has seen it grow immensely in popularity . |
| 18 | But he has been the Labour Party 's chosen candidate for almost two years and in that time he has worked hard to build up a high profile , assiduously interpreting official figures on unemployment , training and hospital waiting lists as well as taking on directors of newly-privatised monopolies . |
| 19 | twenty , fifteen , whatever years , whatever years , and in that time you 've got to be pretty sure that you can do that |
| 20 | The river has been cutting downwards for five million years and more , and in that time it has laid bare rocks spanning half of the earth 's history . |
| 21 | JOAN Bassett has been the conductor of the Hadley Court Singers for over eight years and in that time she has welded this group of 45 singers based at Haddington into a flexible corporate whole motivated at all times by her own perceptive musicianship . |
| 22 | Now it is celebrating its 18th year with Citalia and over that time it has consistently been a most popular resort hotel . |
| 23 | Your Royal Highness , it is , it is , it is interesting that when I attended the Annual General Meeting last year of the Boats Organization , the fact that I said that yachtsmen was a Con Conservation Body as well surprised them and since that time we have having collaboration with them er more and more and this is to be welcomed because we all want to sail in nice surroundings . |
| 24 | After a heart-to-heart talk , she had gently ordered him home for the rest of the week , and since that time they had been friends in a reserved sort of way . |
| 25 | Michael Manser sold Castle Mill soon after its conversion was complete and since that time it has had two further owners , the first of whom installed a lift linking the ground-floor entrance hall with the first-floor dining-room , the generous volume of which has been somewhat reduced by the intrusion of the lift shaft into its south-west corner . |
| 26 | When I retired four years ago , I decided I would like to help and encourage other people to paint , and hopefully get as much pleasure form the hobby as I do , and since that time I have been able to meet up with groups of friends and pass on to them the knowledge I have gained through the pages of your magazine . |
| 27 | He had separate orders , each locksmith and at this time I 'd done all the ord whatsit er and this and that and the other and I said what 's next ? |
| 28 | Donnellan said that if at any time she 'd wanted him to stop , he would have done . |
| 29 | Trouble yeah , trouble I got put off for a fortnight , on the dole , then he , I was on the dole for a week and er he cos at that time you had to appear in front of the erm , what they call the Court of Referees at the Labour Exchange , that was their Committee . |
| 30 | Viktor was twelve when the war ended and by that time he had forgotten how to cry . |