Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , just happened at the wrong time . |
| 2 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 3 | B. T. Some of the inspectors always appeared at the wrong time . |
| 4 | I also stayed for the required time that politeness dictates . |
| 5 | ‘ I strongly suspected for a long time that there were other men . |
| 6 | Say you were too tired this morning to remember to ask for permission to get up early to meet me and then woke at the right time and did n't want to let me down . |
| 7 | In 1900 he went to St Thomas 's Hospital to study medicine , qualifying in 1906 as MRCS and LRCP , and he then went for a short time to Brompton Hospital and Convalescent Centre . |
| 8 | She read it through and then sat for a long time on the white strips of the reclining chair in which she had first seen Signor Fixit . |
| 9 | The three years stretching ahead seemed like a long time , then , worth buying a little house in Rummidge for ( Robyn 's father lent her the money for the deposit ) rather than paying rent . |