Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb past] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Motor cycling was also popular at Brooklands and the great John Cobb was synonymous with the circuit and his lap record of 230.80 kph ( 143.44 mph ) in a 24-litre Napier-Railton stood at the time of the circuit 's closure . |
| 2 | It is difficult now for many people to grasp , let along appreciate , the depth and strength of the feelings of loss , defeat , and outrage which mining communities felt at the time . |
| 3 | Gordon 's interest in vintage cars began during the time he was a traffic division police officer . |
| 4 | Later , I too escaped from school into the army , and the four years of war service seemed at the time , perfectly natural . |
| 5 | As Professor S.F. Bush said in The Times ( 7 October 1991 ) , it was the commercial banks not the Bank of England which generated the credit explosion in 1987–89 : ‘ A central bank , whether independent or not , is an almost total irrelevance as far as inflation is concerned in a world dominated by thousands of different monetary agencies switching assets and liabilities across the world at the touch of a button . ’ |
| 6 | In spite of the war , trolleybus conversions continued for the time being in other parts of London , but did not affect the Croydon area directly . |
| 7 | Russian press reports said at the time the CIS vessel suffered damage to its sail , periscope and bridge . |
| 8 | The municipal coat of arms and fleet numbers remained for the time being . |