Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] the time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd gone to the loo together by the time I joined Bunny . |
| 2 | side then by the time you 've walked round |
| 3 | At Wickham 's prompting he painstakingly recalled everything that had happened in the pub that evening up to the time he missed the knife , and recited a list of names of customers who had been there . |
| 4 | Such had been the history of this camp up to the time I arrived there . |
| 5 | You 'll find your ticket downstairs by the time you check out . ’ |
| 6 | Did they have problems with keeping the water out during the time they were storing the |
| 7 | ‘ You wrote that you caught him at his flat just at the time he was leaving the country . ’ |
| 8 | He worked he worked all his time on the island apart from the time he was in the army . |
| 9 | we got back there was a a a meal there by the time we 'd you know |
| 10 | But essentially , the time in which they were built is a world apart from the time we live in . |
| 11 | ‘ She was such a beautiful little baby ; and because things were a bit easier by the time she came along she was always dressed in pretty clothes , not second-hand things and hand-me-downs as we were . |
| 12 | Tatarinov argued that all ministries and other governmental institutions should be obliged to produce detailed estimates for the year ahead at the time they submitted their annual accounts . |
| 13 | Its unique design was never put to the test in defending against attack ; instead it was used as a prison almost from the time it was built . |