Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | But even this pales slightly in the face of Walton conducting , in the same series , the first-ever recorded version of Belshazzar 's Feast , featuring Dennis Noble as the incisive soloist , a wartime set that caused a sensation at the time . |
2 | He won the Commonwealth and European titles , married and became a father in the time he lived with his particular pain . |
3 | She took out her diary and made a note of the time of the meeting . |
4 | He adds that ‘ There is little doubt that here existed a town in the time of the Britons ’ and a settlement grew around the Druidic university which according to Peck was the ancient British city of Doorebriff , meaning ‘ sharp stream ’ . |
5 | On a door lintel at Hill there is an inscription , ‘ J.D. — B.G.1692 ’ , which followed a custom of the time and probably commemorated the date of their wedding or betrothal . |
6 | They badly needed a hit at the time . |
7 | It hurt a bit at the time , but I got myself free and did n't think a lot about it just then . |
8 | Such a one was John Kirk of Bowmore , who kept a diary from the time he went to America in 1852 , before the Civil War , and gives a vivid account of his impressions of Canada , Boston , and sweat and slavery in the South , but only a short account of his later years when he had returned to Islay . |
9 | Such a one was John Kirk of Bowmore , who kept a diary from the time he went to America in 1852 , before the Civil War , and gives a vivid account of his impressions of Canada , Boston , and sweat and slavery in the South , but only a short account of his later years when he had returned to Islay . |
10 | Defrosting a fridge also took a fraction of the time . |
11 | The marriage which followed it took a fraction of the time — about three minutes . |
12 | Claire 's eight-week-old baby , Jamie , was apparently healthy but cried a lot of the time , and seemed to be in pain . |
13 | Police have also tracked down one local man who gave a statement at the time of the disappearance . |
14 | Police have also tracked down one local man who gave a statement at the time of the disappearance . |
15 | Police have also tracked down a local man who gave a statement at the time . |
16 | In Hart v Sangster 37 TC 231 , £2M was added to an account which had a credit at the time of approximately £20,000 . |
17 | Mr Anderson was married and had a mistress at the time of the alleged rape , the jury has been told . |
18 | As far as can be gauged , Wadhurst had a population at the time of about 1000 . |
19 | I had a Lambretta at the time . ’ |
20 | ‘ I do n't think Steven had a telly at the time , ’ confirms long-time Morrissey acquaintance Len Levenshulme , adding cryptically , ‘ Steven Morrissey ? |
21 | Of 169 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy referred to the orthopaedic muscle clinic at the Royal Manchester Children 's Hospital , 117 already had a scoliosis at the time of referral ; three patients had a curve between 80° and 100° and eight patients had a curve in excess of 100° . |
22 | He slept a lot of the time , either in bed or sprawled in the most comfortable chair in the kitchen and snoring loudly with his mouth open . |