Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her husband and children respected her privacy at this time and did not interrupt it with trivial enquiries like : ‘ Where 's my shirt ? ’ or ‘ What 's for dinner ? ’ |
| 2 | The French shared their reluctance at this time to sink their identities in a United States of Europe . |
| 3 | She talked freely , did n't treat Lucy like a child , and told her stories of old times in long-forgotten venues . |
| 4 | ‘ My darling Laura … ’ his voice was thick and husky with emotion … ‘ when I fell fathoms deep in love with you — all those years ago — you captured my heart for all time . |
| 5 | She was genuine , by which they meant she paid her bills in good time , and employed union labour . |
| 6 | I 'm advised that the Chairman can call the reserve , the speaker who reserved his remarks at any time . |
| 7 | The Chelsea ground where John Major and David Mellor spent their Saturdays in quieter times is the prize in a tussle which is already into extra-time and looks like heading for a replay . |
| 8 | Hopefully , I know we 've got problems with those er colleagues who lost their jobs since that time , but we now feel that we are providing the best advice , the best service in respect of advising members on and the acquired rights directive . |
| 9 | The kingdom of Heaven was present in the sense that God guided his people at all times . |
| 10 | The cult of this twin deity reached its height during Roman times , when the god symbolised the joint sacred rule of emperor and consort . |
| 11 | The first mate and the ship 's engineer took their meals at different times , and did not use the saloon as a sitting-room . |
| 12 | As the ball hit the post the referee blew his whistle for full time . |
| 13 | I warn you , Robert , put your foot down this time . ’ |
| 14 | Never left his room in that time . |
| 15 | Bond he no longer has the Princess Di haircut by the way reorganised his team at half time , pushing former Quaker Alan Walsh further forward , but Quakers had the perfect answer . |
| 16 | Martin Postle splices detail and generalisation , so that he can move deftly from a meticulous account of Reynolds ' studio practice to the perceptive observation that ‘ it was not Reynolds ’ style but his lack of style which characterised his work at this time as sitters danced , flirted , embroidered , sacrificed to pagan deities , or merely meditated , in the manner of Guido Reni , Titian , Van Dyck or even Michelangelo ’ . |