Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their hearts were going bang bang bang bang and the younger of the two had an excruciating bursting pain in the middle of the chest that stabbed every time a sobbing gasp came . |
| 2 | He attacked the Government for its complacency over the issue and compared the time taken over the taking stock package with the quick unveiling of the Conservative proposals on the future of water and local government . |
| 3 | Burun looked at the sun and estimated the time . |
| 4 | It is easy to see how the plot of We Did n't Mean To Go To Sea hatched , as he looked out into the distance and remembered a time when as a young man his anchor had dragged , and he had found himself sailing out to sea at night . |
| 5 | On that day we scrutinised all the temporary folders in the box and noted the time that had elapsed since the proper notes had been requested . |
| 6 | He knew most of the men who used the line and passed the time of day with them . |
| 7 | During the course of a week , his nursery teacher gave him a simple task once a day and noted the time he spent on this task . |
| 8 | Tired as they were , they stumbled through the dark hours , picking themselves up when they fell , keeping up a pace that left no time for thought or speech . |