Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb past] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 But the fact remains that Panaetius lived for some time in Rome , as the Index Stoicorum Herculanensis , an excellent source , states ( 73 ) ; and there seems to be no reason to doubt the statement of Cicero in Pro Murena that he was the guest of Scipio ( 31.56 ) .
2 The clipped , breezy tone was one that Belinda knew by this time , and it meant , I want to be left to myself for the time being , thank you .
3 The Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 13 that he should be returned to prison but Alcalde had by this time left the country .
4 Vietnam and the UK had signed an agreement in principle on forced repatriation on Oct. 29 , 1991 [ see p. 38531 ] , but Vietnam had at that time only agreed to immediate repatriation of new arrivals and so-called " double-backers " — people who had fled to the colony a second time .
5 Although , as Beaumanoir stated at this time , the magnates were ‘ sovereigns within their baronies ’ , they were supposed to execute the crown 's ordinances — which often meant that they anticipated royal legislation by legislating in their own name for their own domains .
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