Example sentences of "[prep] this time [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was about this time she began seeing more and more of Laurence Wheldon … |
| 2 | About this time he started to wonder whether he ought to be a monk . |
| 3 | So erm the surrogate was artificially inseminated herself erm er , it took us seven months to achieve a pregnancy , and during this time we got to know each other very well |
| 4 | During this time they learn to live with a family and to behave well . |
| 5 | During this time she wanted to exploit all the constitutional possibilities and consolidate a broad-based support around the civil rights demands . |
| 6 | During this time I began to realise that perhaps I was n't going to go home . |
| 7 | I have been breeding Neons for around twenty years , and during this time I have evolved a set procedure which enables me to successfully raise the fish in sufficient numbers . |
| 8 | During this time I tried to avoid going out . |
| 9 | During this time it had become clear to him that , to use his phrase , ‘ the Holy Spirit had separated ’ him to the Vineyard movement which is led by John Wimber . |
| 10 | During this time it has donated more than £600,000 to over 2500 local groups , helping the disabled , under fives , elderly and youth groups with a wide range of special projects , or improving their facilities . |
| 11 | During this time he continued to work on the design of docks and harbours in the Isle of Man , the river Mersey , and Cardiff , as well as many of the Trinity House lighthouses . |
| 12 | During this time he had remained by the door , his expressionless gaze following her every move . |
| 13 | During this time he had admitted killing William Egan . |
| 14 | In 1579 , he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Kent and during this time he became associated with Sir John Leveson of Whornes Place who later became his close friend . |
| 15 | During this time he became acquainted with John Ray , the great English naturalist , and Robert Boyle , the philosopher , both of whom gave help and encouragement to the young man . |
| 16 | During this time he 'd settled with ease into the household , which had surprised the girls who looked after him ; they had anticipated difficulty . |
| 17 | If after this time I wish to cancel , I will do so by giving one month 's notice in writing . |
| 18 | In this time I have noted the steady increase of people pursuing this activity and an equally heavy resistance to the sport by landowners and fishing groups . |
| 19 | From this time he began to design landmark ready-to-wear collections for Chloé in Paris , but he was still , and would remain , a freelance designer . |
| 20 | However , from this time she began to eliminate any suggestions of depth and perspective in her paintings . |
| 21 | Since this time she has campaigned 30 dogs to the title of Champion , and she and her daughter Julia bred and owned the all-time top winning King Charles , Champion Curtana Morgana . |
| 22 | Prior to this time it had to travel in cask and the resultant ‘ sparkling ’ wine must have been a sorry product , hardly an advertisement for its quality and reputation . |
| 23 | Well so we went to the I L P and er at this time we started getting er a class together in the , where I worked there was a hundred men and hundred lads , approximately . |
| 24 | At this time it came to pass that there was strife between Count Don Gomez the Lord of Gormaz , and Diego Laynez the father of Rodrigo ; and the Count insulted Diego and gave him a blow . |
| 25 | He had separate orders , each locksmith and at this time I 'd done all the ord whatsit er and this and that and the other and I said what 's next ? |
| 26 | He played no part in the newly founded Royal Society or the College of Physicians , although at this time he began to describe himself as an ‘ MD ’ . |
| 27 | Even this demanding job left energy for much else , and at this time he began to organise art exhibitions , building on his own strong interest in the visual arts which had been fired by visits to Florence and Venice and by the mammoth Van Gogh show in the 1950s , and which led early to his abiding love of the Italian Renaissance giants and of such British artists as Prunella Clough , Keith Vaughan and RobertMedley . |
| 28 | At this time he began to combine his visual records with considerable written comment and analysis of his experiences . |
| 29 | At this time he decided to dispose of all but his essential possessions , and hid his library of books ( his most treasured possession ) with a view to selling them also . |
| 30 | Indeed , when a male is following a female at this time he seems to produce this ‘ chuntering ’ sound almost continuously . |