Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Greenlys moved to Clevedon for some time , in which district he made valuable contributions to Pre-Cambrian , Palaeozoic , and Quaternary geology . |
| 2 | Their father disapproved of alcohol at any time , but to enter a public house on the Sabbath was completely unthinkable . |
| 3 | Out of the gentlemen who came into farming at that time [ before mechanization ] only about one in twenty could make it go : the others had to have a skilled man to manage the farm for 'em . |
| 4 | They drove in silence for some time , before Pam spoke . |
| 5 | One-fifth of all Russian victuals came from Siberia at this time according to local estimates . |
| 6 | Duncan and I had been talking for about ten minutes or more and swatting the increasing number of mosquitoes that always arrived in force at this time of the evening . |
| 7 | ‘ Look what happened to God after that Time cover — fundamentalism began sweeping the world . |
| 8 | The film director Michael Law whom Minton met in Soho at this time has provided a vivid metaphor for his condition : ‘ Johnny was really like a clock with the machinery hanging out . |
| 9 | A Polish couple who lived in Cambuslang at that time regularly frequented the Shop in search of children 's clothes . |
| 10 | Everyone who worked with Laura at this time agrees that , as a fashion editor , she had a sure instinct about forecasting trends , a canny feel for coordinating colour and fabric that was invariably right , and knowledge of which of the latest details could be adapted to the ‘ Laura Ashley ’ look . |
| 11 | Bamberger orbited over Filfla for some time . |
| 12 | I thought , oh dear , so we got to bed by this time , and we lay , and we just could n't get to sleep for the noise the tent was making . |
| 13 | And the 17th we got to grips with each time , the long short hole . |
| 14 | The teaching profession grew in strength at this time , developing a formal system of training to replace the nineteenth-century pupil teacher system . |
| 15 | We visited many places and went out to dinner and went to London during that time to watch the theatre production of ‘ Cats ’ by Andrew Lloyd Web which I think is the most memorable event of that holiday ; as well as going to Canterbury Cathedral . |
| 16 | I went to school at ordinary time from as a kid and then up to till you 're about eight years old , then from eight years eight , nine , then you , I went to for about last four years . |
| 17 | The reason people thought she was naked all through the film was because she displayed a different attitude to sex from the one that prevailed in films at that time . |
| 18 | He wrote to Susie during this time , asking if she would come back , but she said no . |
| 19 | Two wickets fell on the fourth evening , but Ellison stayed with Gooch for some time next morning , as did Gower . |
| 20 | The two men travelled in silence for some time . |
| 21 | I stayed in London for some time , but I still wanted to go to sea . |
| 22 | The two men sat in silence for some time , each in his own thoughts . |