Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vron and Barry were crying again by that time , crying gratefully , consolably , in each other 's arms . |
| 2 | Heads were swivelling completely round this time — to the back row where sat Phil Aldrich , nodding his head in gentle agreement , a wry smile on his long , lugubrious face . |
| 3 | ( The fact that a huge lorry was passing by at that time must have been coincidental , I 'm sure . ) |
| 4 | Mum was getting on by this time and her own health was n't excellent , and I moved to Manchester so we could be near the RMCH where they do a vast amount with CF. We hired a retired nurse to act as housekeeper and she did his physio when I was n't there , and between us we managed to keep him going . ’ |
| 5 | have to wait twenty five to eight before he 'd come in , how he was coming here at that time I do n't know . |
| 6 | The treatment of mental illness was advancing considerably at that time , and it probably contributed more than the legislative change to reducing both the use of compulsory procedures and the incidence of long stays in hospital . |