Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] time [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | The Airtours document asks why a £6.5 million contingent liability was not disclosed at the time Owners unveiled its preliminary results , and draws attention to its rival 's low distributable reserves as a possible reason . |
2 | In fact the Forge Foundation seems to be a respectable body , chaired at the time Kalb got money by a past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . |
3 | The three horses on the highway had been caught and tethered by the time Michael came back through the trees , leading the roan . |
4 | The spring of 1922 was the crucial period , when the unmetalled roads began to break up into mud and the rivers had not yet melted By the time grain had arrived from the Black Sea to an area north of Samara , only one in ten of the available sledges could get through to rural areas , so that instead or 48,750 pudy of corn , a mere 1,500 were delivered . |
5 | A man was seen loitering in Clotherholme Road but had disappeared by the time officers arrived . |
6 | Furthermore , if Chemical did hand back the plane to Boeing , it would be at an effective cost to Virgin of a further $10m — the amount by which the plane 's value had increased in the time Virgin had owned it . |
7 | The doctor had been and gone by the time Maxim reached the little cottage on the hillside above Caswell 's father-in-law 's garage . |
8 | But the mood had passed by the time Harry walked once more into Breakspear College , sucking at an extra-strong mint and glad to see that a different porter was manning the lodge . |
9 | Little enough daylight was left by the time Pedro came skulking back , and for most of the evening she had sat , talking to him , stroking the soft rug of his ear between tense fingers , and waiting for the fit to come again . |
10 | The imperial system of government was well established by the time Barbarossa came to the throne , with the established chain of command already described . |