Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] time [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Dec. 29 the HCR met for the first time since the attempted coup and approved the new Cabinet , whose membership was announced the following day . |
| 2 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | ‘ It is coming ? ’ he asked for the fifth time since they had broken away from the Baglietto . |
| 4 | It is ironic that this prohibition occurred at the same time as several well-designed research studies were clearly demonstrating the efficacy of ECT . |
| 5 | It is interesting to note how even euphemisms , symbolizing but not presenting marked terms , can be the more amusing for the conspiracy between scriptwriter , actors and audience in recognizing the term signified at the same time as superficially recognizing that its use is a taboo not to be broken . |
| 6 | Dr Robat Williams , who has devised the joint charter , said the launch came at a difficult time because of the General Election campaign . |
| 7 | The enormous increase in the demand for lace was largely due to the fashion for lace curtains which came at the same time as a huge house-building programme , and buyers came from home and abroad to negotiate their deals in the Lace Market . |
| 8 | I came at the same time as the Sweeper came for I saw him standing by this very cage in clothes the people wear and not in Keeper-clothes such as he began to wear afterwards . ’ |
| 9 | The news came at the same time as Personal Computer World 's first annual awards — where the judges voted our 486-based PC the Best Power-User System ( see page 7 ) . |
| 10 | It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops . |
| 11 | Brasher Boots arrived about the same time as the K-SB3 , but were developed from the running shoe . |
| 12 | Catherine and Donald Carswell were a husband and wife literary team who flourished at the same time as another pair , Willa and Edwin Muir . |
| 13 | This happened at the same time as parishes were being formed , and it seems to have resulted in the extinction of many churches , not only as private property but also as working churches . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's surprising that she could n't recall delivering twins for Lilian , when it happened at the same time as Donna , almost ? |
| 15 | It is even more of a coincidence that your letter arrived at the same time as Mrs Hart 's . |
| 16 | Soapy moved on , but he walked for a long time before he tried again . |
| 17 | Meanwhile the patient , who has not been named , was making a rapid recovery and yesterday walked for the first time since the operation . |
| 18 | Significantly , Pond Tornado trialled in a faster time than Certain Way at Belle Vue last week , with a length faster section time . |
| 19 | ( 2 ) Nothing in subsection ( 1 ) above shall prohibit or restrict : ( a ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor in any premises at any time within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours ; ( b ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours and was not supplied or taken away in an open vessel ; ( c ) the sale or supply to , or consumption by , any person of alcoholic liquor in any premises where he is residing ; ( d ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises by a person residing there ; ( e ) the supply of alcoholic liquor , in any premises , for consumption on those premises , to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by , and at the expense of , that person , or the consumption by such friends of alcoholic liquor so supplied to them ; the ordering of alcoholic liquor to be consumed off the premises or the despatch by the vendor of liquor so ordered ; ( g ) the supply of alcoholic liquor for consumption on licensed premises to any private friends of the holder of the licence bona fide entertained by him at his own expense , or the consumption of alcoholic liquor by persons so supplied ; ( h ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor at a meal by any person at any time within half an hour after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if the liquor was supplied during the permitted hours and served at the same time as the meal and for consumption at the meal ; ( i ) the sale of alcoholic liquor to a trader for the purposes of his trade , or to a registered club for the purposes of the club ; or ( j ) the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor to any canteen in which the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor is carried on under the authority of the Secretary of State or to any authorised mess of members of Her Majesty 's naval , military or air forces . |
| 20 | ELMER WARD ‘ S Grumman G–58 Bearcat N3025 , flew for the first time after rebuild on July 27 , after a ten year and $2m restoration programme . |
| 21 | Charlie laughed for the first time since he had left Whitechapel and strolled over to a youth far smaller than himself who was rubbing his hands between his legs as he tried to keep warm . |
| 22 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |
| 23 | In Washington on Aug. 24 bilateral negotiations in the ongoing peace process launched in Madrid in October 1991 [ see pp. 38513-15 ] resumed for the first time since the change of government in Israel [ see pp. 38945-47 ] . |
| 24 | However , the Communists , who emerged for a second time as power broker despite their loss of seven seats in parliament , has made it clear that they will not collaborate with the Pasok leader whom they indicted for alleged wrongdoing during the interim left-right coalition government of Mr Tzannis Tzannetakis . |
| 25 | I hesitated for a long time before I began my experiment . |
| 26 | Allen spoke for the first time since he had joined them . |
| 27 | She spoke for the first time since luncheon began : " Darling , your spinach , please . " |
| 28 | They won in the same time as that recorded by Oxford half an hour later despite being warned three times for their steering . |
| 29 | Metty is a misfit , as Golding 's Matty is in Darkness Visible , a novel which appeared at the same time as Naipaul 's . |
| 30 | ‘ I resigned at the same time as they asked for my resignation . |