Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | And I remember at the time , I was chasing you over a most ridiculous national press story that Emlyn did n't like the idea of you a pop singer appearing in one of his classics . |
2 | I will say that Roy dealt with it , when it happened and I know at the time he , he was very very thorough over it . |
3 | And I think by the time we get |
4 | And I think by the time she 'd finished it would be half price , she 'd walk out with the thing half price , and she 'd say , well you know , it 's just , they make up prices and you go to another shop and it would be the half price marked , and you go into another shop it would be , you know , |
5 | I have heard her called a professional invalid , but I think by the time she retired to bed she must have been genuinely worn out , and duty done , how seductive must have been the temptation to escape into that room at the end of the house , with its garden door , and warm fire ; to write poetry , like Elizabeth Barrett Browning , and to be waited on by her daughter ( ‘ Coming , Mother ! ’ ) who would , and did , cope with the house and the shop and even my grandfather . |
6 | I have stood twice as co-operative Labour candidate and did n't win either time , er much to my husband 's disgust , because I , but you see at the time er Labour was very , very low but erm the local people , you can tell by your boxes , was very loyal to me . |