Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Electrical stimulation could produce dramatic effects , but the proper study of electro-physiology had to wait for some time until it was possible to record small electrical potentials . |
| 2 | The wind had freshened by this time and was causing some choppy waves , so we pressed on to try and finish the circuit planned before counting became impossible . |
| 3 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 4 | Rumours of a military coup had circulated for some time [ see p. 38571 ] . |
| 5 | The ideological basis of Kremlin policy seemed confirmed at this time by Stalin , who declared in a speech in February 1946 that the Second World War had vindicated the Soviet system of government . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly , it was among the southern , pastoral peoples that social stratification had developed by that time , so that the label ‘ feudal ’ is attached , for instance , to the Buryat Mongols and the Tatars . |
| 7 | It was now criticized as anachronistic , and the German government had signalled for some time its concern over rising costs and their justifiability at a time when German unification put great strains on the public finances [ see also pp. 37212 ; 38508 ] . |
| 8 | His attitude to life had changed during this time . |