Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the small time it took to put this inner up it made little difference . |
| 2 | A great girl and we were very happy for the short time we had . ’ |
| 3 | All she wanted to do was yield to it , because it was what she had wanted for the whole time she had been with him . |
| 4 | He was n't very fond of the river Wye , for its rocky crevasses had claimed too many young lives even during the short time he had been there . |
| 5 | Here you see the Sheffield ladies , Pauline [ branch secretary ] , Diane [ sales controller ] , Joan [ service controller ] and Sue [ receptionist ] still talking about the fantastic time they had . |
| 6 | Did n't Celia tell you about the awful time she had giving birth to Donna ? ’ |
| 7 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
| 8 | She felt certain then that he must be thinking that if she was any sort of a journalist that she could do quite a write-up out of the considerable time she had just spent walking in his sole company . |
| 9 | As Creggan and Kraal continued to tell their dearest memories , night began to fall and Minch began to plan out what she would do in the limited time she felt she had left to her . |
| 10 | The miserable mummy was to stay above ground for many more years yet ; in the mean time it remained an object of spectacle . |
| 11 | Even in the little time she had had since yesterday ( and she had sent out at once for gossip papers . |
| 12 | It occurred to Thomas as he listened to her that Sara had not changed a whit in the whole time they had been married . |
| 13 | Only several weeks later , as she lay stifling in her cabin on a filthy steamer from Trebizond , did she reflect that the Kurd , in the whole time he had been with them , had executed Miss Fergusson 's commands with punctiliousness and honour ; further , that she had no means of knowing what had passed between the two of them that last night in the cave . |
| 14 | Julia , who had come to understand a little of Allegra Wallington 's character in the short time they had spent together , was as anxious as David to prevent that happening . |
| 15 | One thing she 'd learned from Ace in the short time they 'd been together was to be quick on her feet . |
| 16 | However , in the short time they flourished , they had an enormous impact , not so much on the towns they joined but on the countryside through which they passed . |
| 17 | She was good fun to be with and easy to talk to , and in the short time he 'd known her she had shown a ready sense of humour . |
| 18 | In the short time he had been aboard , he had undressed . |
| 19 | In the short time it had taken to procure the services of the constabulary , the situation had steadily worsened at the Harwell inn . |
| 20 | In the short time she had been in the City , she had been propositioned by a well-dressed lush , witnessed a gangland execution and been pursued through a deserted subway station by a bulky killer . |
| 21 | It was almost a relief to discover that even in the short time she had been on board ship she was already beginning to acquire a golden tan . |
| 22 | In the short time I talked with him , I saw that he had lost none of his character . |
| 23 | What always amazes me when we play scrabble I mean , things that I consider to be slang you know , on the odd time I thought well I 'll try that |
| 24 | At the present time he told Farrel , he was n't doing anything . |
| 25 | He said , just at the right time he decided that he ca n't get bath any more . |
| 26 | So the men had to be there at the right time you had t ? |
| 27 | During the summer when there was not even a blade of green grass in the paddock , her feed of oats and other goodies became inordinately important to her , to the extent that one day when her dinner had not arrived at the usual time she began to paw at the fence in anxiety . |
| 28 | Grant had watched them standing in front of the electronic display , puzzling at the excessive time they seemed to be wasting . |
| 29 | ‘ Do you know that he also saved my life at the very time we met ? ’ |
| 30 | I wanted to buy some blades and socks , but most of all I wanted to avoid arriving back at the flat at the exact time she did , just in case Harvey should be angry at her disobeying him . |