Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] [det] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In France , Bernard found himself with more time than he had ever been used to in his working life ; after his hour-long morning telephone call to John James the day stretched ahead . |
| 2 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 3 | My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college . |
| 4 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 5 | Charlotte was counting the seconds until he should extricate himself , and he did it in less time than she had expected , and without even the pretence of sitting down with her . |